CERGA included 28 researchers and as many engineers and technicians located on the Observatory sites of
Nice,
Grasse and
Calern (
Caussols). The scientific activities covered fields as diverse as fundamental
astronomy,
celestial mechanics, and space
geodesy. CERGA was in charge of several observing facilities of the
Lunar Laser Ranging experiment, for example, the lunar-laser ranging telescope and the two satellite laser stations. By nature the scientific activity involved the acquisition of data and their processing, a dedicated instrumental development and a close relationship with the more theoretical aspects in dynamics and observation modelling. CERGA was dissolved in 2004 when the parent
Côte d'Azur Observatory re-organized. The main-belt asteroid
2252 CERGA was named for the observatory, where this asteroid was discovered by
Kōichirō Tomita. == List of discovered minor planets ==