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Sopot Astronomical Observatory Vladimir Benishek and his team at the Sopot Astronomical Observatory in Serbia used Shoemaker NEO grant funds to upgrade the observatory’s equipment over the course of the last few years. Thanks to these upgrades, Benishek’s team was able to discover 19 binary asteroid systems (asteroids with satellites) between January 2023 and March 2024. Sopot Astronomical Observatory