LONEOS Discovery and Performance Statistics
The table below lists the number of discoveries made by LONEOS each year of operation. Asteroids thought to be larger than one kilometer in diameter were used as benchmarks in assessing survey completeness. Hence, some table elements have two numbers separated by a slash. The second number represents the number of discoveries larger than one kilometer. The column labeled "Asteroid Observations" is the number of observations sent to the MPC. Each asteroid was typically observed four times (once per frame) each night.
| Year | Asteroid Observations | NEAs | PHAs | Atens | Apollos | Amors | Comets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 122550 | 7/4 | 0 | 0/0 | 3/2 | 4/2 | 1 |
| 1999 | 128220 | 14/7 | 5 | 2/2 | 6/3 | 6/2 | 6 |
| 2000 | 271237 | 38/10 | 4 | 3/0 | 18/5 | 17/5 | 6 |
| 2001 | 626976 | 42/11 | 9 | 4/0 | 17/4 | 21/7 | 7 |
| 2002 | 407064 | 21/4 | 3 | 3/1 | 9/0 | 9/3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 720528 | 54/10 | 17 | 5/1 | 26/3 | 23/6 | 2 |
| 2004 | 716152 | 39/4 | 9 | 5/0 | 22/4 | 12/0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 820609 | 42/4 | 8 | 6/0 | 15/1 | 21/3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 679927 | 19/1 | 2 | 0/0 | 11/1 | 8/0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 630469 | 12/0 | 2 | 2/0 | 4/0 | 6/0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 88953 | 1/0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| Total | 5212685 | 289/55 | 59 | 30/4 | 131/23 | 127/28 | 42 |
A complete list of LONEOS NEO observations can be found at the NeoDys web site.
Read more about this topic: Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
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