FMO Discoveries and Recoveries

FMO Discovery images (news page)

Reviewers with FMO Credit

Listed Alphabetically City or State Country
Michael Begam
Steward Observatory
USA
Elzbieta Bogucka
Szczecin
Poland
Michael Boschat
Nova Scotia
Canada
Richard Broad
Brisbane
Australia
Tao Chen
Su Zhou
China
Pawel Czuma
Warszawa
Poland
ShuShan Ding
Zhejiang
China
Roger Dymock
Hampshire
England
Kevin Fetter
Ontario
Canada
Sergio Foglia
Novara Veveri
Italy
Chao Ming Fu
ShanDong
China
Robert Gagliano
Arizona
USA
Lawrence Garrett
Vermont
USA
Josep Gomez
Gandia
Spain
Roberto Gorelli
Rome
Italy
Ernesto Guido
Castellammare di Stabia
Italy
Xilian He
Urumqi
China
David Higgins
Hunters Hill Observatory
Australia
Sebastian Hoenig
Heidelberg
Germany
Tony Hoffman
New York
USA
Robert Klein
Maryland
USA
Rafal Konkol
Szczecin
Poland
Eric Knapp
West Virginia
USA
Mariusz Kuczewski
Gdansk
Poland
Stefan Kürti
Nove Zamky
Slovakia
Peter Lake
Melbourne
Australia
Marco Langbroek
Leiden
Netherlands
P. Lau
N/A
N/A
C. Li
N/A
N/A
H. Liu
Ningbo
China
Ed Majden
British Columbia
Canada
Franco Mallia
Campo Catino Observatory
Italy
Jan Manek
Praha
Czech Republic
Anton Marais
Wellington
South Africa
H. W. McGee
N/A
N/A
Stu Megan
Arizona
USA
Maik Meyer
Kelkheim
Germany
Michel Ory
Vicques Observatory
Switzerland
Zhichen Pan
Zhejiang
China
Ken Pavitt
Hampshire
England
Stan Pope
Illinois
USA
Sergio Radaelli
Barquisimeto
Venezuela
Vishnu Reddy
North Dakota
USA
Li Sheng
Ningbo
China
Mariusz Trojanowski
Wroclaw
Poland
Lisa Turner
Texas
USA
Sébastien Vaast
Paris
France
Andrew Walker
Sydney
Australia
Chuan Wang
Shandong
China
Quanzhi Ye
Not provided
China
Jun Yu
Jiangsu
China
XueJun Zhang
Daqing/Heilongjiang
China

FMO Discoveries

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Date Discoverer(s) MPEC Object
2006 Jan 07
H. W. McGee
2006-A38
2006 AT3
2006 Jan 07
P. Lau
2006 -A37
2006 AS3
2005 Dec 21
Stefan Kürti
2005-Y16
2005 YK
2005 Dec 07
Kevin Fetter
2005-X39
2005 XZ7
2005 Nov 25
Pawel Czuma
2005-W67
2005 WP3
2005 Nov 25
Tao Chen
2005-W66
2005 WO3
2005 Nov 21
Chao Ming Fu
2005-W38
2005 WB1
2005 Oct 31
Li Sheng
2005-V07
2005 UV64
2005 Oct 27
Roger Dymock
2005-U77
2005 UH5
2005 Oct 26
Ernesto Guido
2005-U70
2005 UW3
2005 Oct 24
David Higgins
2005-U52
2005 UL1
2005 Oct 22
Stefan Kürti
2005-U24
2005 UF
2005 Oct 13
Michael Boschat
2005-T92
2005 TV51
2005 Oct 09
XueJun Zhang
2005-T90
2005 TH50
2005 Oct 09
Josep Gomez
2005-T87
2005 TK50
2005 Oct 07
Sergio Radaelli
2005-T63
2005 TE49
2005 Aug 31
ShuShan Ding
2005-R04
2005 QQ87
2005 Aug 31
Stefan Kürti
2005-R03
2005 QP87
2005 July 11
Ed Majden
2005-N64
2005 NX55
2005 June 27
Stan Pope
2005-M59
2005 ME5
2005 May 07
Tony Hoffman
2005-J35
2005 JB22
2005 Apr 09
Marco Langbroek
2005-G73
2005 GG81
2005 Apr 01
Jun Yu
2005-G15
2005 GT
2005 Mar 16
Robert Klein
2005-F21
2005 FJ
2005 Feb 02
Sergio Foglia
2005-C16 
Discovery credit correction 
2005-C21
2005 CK
2004 Dec 20
Stan Pope
2004-Y35
2004 YD5
2004 Dec 12
Josep Gomez
2004-X68
2004 XP35
2004 Oct 23
Stu Megan
2004-U29
2004 UH1
2004 Oct8
Robert Klein
2004-T35
2004 TJ10
2004 Sept 23
Mariusz Kuczewski
2004-S55
2004 ST26
2004 Sept 16
Lawrence Garrett
2004-S11
2004 SA
2004 Aug 23
Richard Broad
2004-Q42
2004 QJ13
2004 Aug 20
Sebastian Hoenig
2004-Q37
2004 QO5
2004 Aug 20
Jan Manek
2004-Q32
2004 QR4
2004 June 19
Ed Majden
2004-M34
2004 MV2
2004 June 17
Lawrence Garrett
2004-M25
2004 MO1
2004 June 14
Ken Pavitt
2004-L66
2004 LA10
2004 May 28
Anton Marais
2004-K75
2004 KG17
2004 May 14
Lisa Turner
2004-J64
2004 JO12
2004 May 13
Franco Mallia
2004-J67
2004 JP12
2004 April 23
Robert Gagliano
2004-H60
2004 HC33
2004 Mar 27
Michael Begam
2004-F78
2004 FC18
2004 Jan 19
Stu Megan
2004-B23
2004 BV18

FMO Re-Discoveries

Date Recoverer(s) MPEC Object
2005 Oct 11
Roberto Gorelli
2005-T85
2005 TH50
2005 Oct 07
Elzbieta Bogucka
2005-T62
2005 TD49
2004 Mar 01
Peter Lake
2004-E11
2000 EV70

FMO Recoveries

(Discovery too recent to generate standard MPEC)

Date Reviewer(s) Object
2006 02 20
H. Liu
2006 DU
2006 02 07
Chuan Wang
2005 YY128 (Discovered 2005 Dec 30)
2006 Jan 31
Zhichen Pan
2006 AS2 (Discovered 2006 Jan 05)
2005 Dec 31
Rafal Konkol
2005 YU128 (MPEC 2005 Y67)
2005 Oct 26
David Higgins
2005 UG3 (Discovered Oct 25)
2005 Oct 01
Michel Ory
2005 SJ19 (Discovered Sep 27)
2005 Sep 12
Mariusz Trojanowski
2005 RJ3 (Discovered Sep 10)
2005 Aug 30
Quanzhi Ye
2005 QP11 (Discovered Aug 28)
2005 Aug 29
Josep Gomez
2005 QP11 (Discovered Aug 28)
2004 Sep 16
Sébastien Vaast
2004 RS109 (Discovered Sep 10)
2004 Sep 16
Ernesto Guido
2004 RG164 (Discovered Sep 10)
2004 Sep 12
Richard Broad
2004 RS109 (Discovered Sep 10)
2004 Apr 23
Andrew Walker
2004 HA1 (Discovered Apr 19)
2003 Nov 26
Stu Megan
SW409M (Discovered Nov 24)
2003 Nov 21
Stu Megan
2003 WU21 (Discovered Nov 20)

Artificial Satellites

(MPC identified FMO as an artificial satellite or an artificial object)

Date Discoverer(s) SPACEWATCH® Object ID MPC Comments
2006 Feb 25
C. Li
SW40Vh
Artificial satellite
2005 May 03
Mariusz Trojanowski
SW40MI
Astron rocket stage
2005 Mar 11
Sergio Foglia
SW40LF
Geocentric object
2005 Mar 11
Xilian He
SW40LE
Geocentric object
2004 May 24
Robert Gagliano
SW40Di
Geocentric object
2004 May 16
Eric Knapp
SW40DW
Artificial satellite
2004 Apr 28
Franco Mallia
SW40DP
Artificial satellite

FMO Discoveries

(Made CP but not recovered)

Date Discoverer(s) MPC Confirmation Page ID Situation
2005 Apr 02
Robert Gagliano
SW40LR
Cloud out the next night
2005 Mar 03
Robert Klein
SW40L3
Too faint
2004 May 14
Richard Broad
SW40DU
30 deg/day - too fast to attempt recovery
2004 Apr 22
Richard Broad
SW40DJ
11.5 deg/day and faint FMO
Submitted after followup telescope had closed. Too uncertain for successful recovery next day.
2003 Nov 26
Maik Meyer 
&
Stu Megan
SW409R
Seen in two images 
Accelerated too quickly
- not recoverable
2003 Nov 24
Stu Megan
SW409M
Cloud out the next night
- not recovered

FMO Not submitted to MPC

(Too old or measurements inadequate for MPEC)

Date Reviewer(s) Object
2004 Mar 20
Robert Klein
18 deg/day FMO: 
Obtained only two measurements
2003 Oct 25
Vishnu Reddy
Faint FMO:
FMO too old to recover