Confirming NEOCP FMOs
(Fast Moving Objects!)
(Fast Moving Objects!)
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.