•Example: AO18761
•discovered by LINEAR 2004 May 24 05:00 UT at mag +18.8,
motion 34”/min
•Added to NEOCP 14 hours
later at 18:48 UT
•By 2004 21:00 UT mag +19.3 motion 24”/min
•
•Prediction by the Minor
Planet Center showing area of sky where object is likely to be
• Position (0,0) is the ‘nominal’ position, the most likely location to
find the object.
•Each dot represents a
‘variant’ orbit.