Indiana Asteroid Program

Target entity: Indiana Asteroid Program
Context triple: [1604 Tombaugh, hasDiscoverer, Indiana Asteroid Program]

• A. NASA Near-Earth Object Observations Program
  The NASA Near-Earth Object Observations Program is a planetary defense initiative that discovers, tracks, and characterizes asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard to Earth.
• B. Mir-NASA program
  The Mir-NASA program was a collaborative spaceflight initiative in the 1990s that sent American astronauts to live and work aboard Russia’s Mir space station, paving the way for later International Space Station cooperation.
• C. Asher Space Research Institute
  Asher Space Research Institute is a leading Israeli academic center dedicated to space science and engineering research, development, and education within the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
• D. Aldrin Space Institute
  The Aldrin Space Institute is a space-focused research and education organization associated with the Aldrin family that advances space science, technology, and policy.
• E. OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
  The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission is a NASA spacecraft project that traveled to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, collected surface material, and returned the samples to Earth for scientific study.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Indiana Asteroid Program
Target entity description: The Indiana Asteroid Program was an astronomical survey conducted at Indiana University that systematically searched for and discovered numerous asteroids in the mid-20th century.

• A. NASA Near-Earth Object Observations Program
  The NASA Near-Earth Object Observations Program is a planetary defense initiative that discovers, tracks, and characterizes asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard to Earth.
• B. Mir-NASA program
  The Mir-NASA program was a collaborative spaceflight initiative in the 1990s that sent American astronauts to live and work aboard Russia’s Mir space station, paving the way for later International Space Station cooperation.
• C. Asher Space Research Institute
  Asher Space Research Institute is a leading Israeli academic center dedicated to space science and engineering research, development, and education within the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
• D. Aldrin Space Institute
  The Aldrin Space Institute is a space-focused research and education organization associated with the Aldrin family that advances space science, technology, and policy.
• E. OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission
  The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission is a NASA spacecraft project that traveled to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, collected surface material, and returned the samples to Earth for scientific study.
• F. None of above. chosen