TheNear-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC) is the main centre of the Planetary Defence Office of theEuropean Space Agency (ESA). The NEOCC and the Planetary Defence Office are parts of the agency'sSpace Safety Programme (S2P).[1] The NEOCC, which is based atESRIN inFrascati,Italy, coordinates observations of small bodies such asasteroids andcomets in theSolar System in order to evaluate and monitor the threat posed by thosepotentially hazardous.[2][1][3][4] NEOCC also conducts studies with the purpose of improving near-Earth object warning services. These are necessary to give real-time alerts to different organizations, scientific bodies, and decision-makers.[5][6]
From 2012, the NEOCC web portal provided data calculated by theUniversity of Pisa spin-off companyNEODyS. From 2019 to 2020, NEOCC implemented its own computation capability, using software developed by NEODyS. The orbit calculation and impact risk data provided by NEOCC on its website is slightly different from similar data NEODyS provides on its own website due to software updates.[7]
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