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Lost minor planet: 21st century, 20th-century recoveries & 20th-century discoveries that are still lost
A minor planet is "lost" when contemporary observers cannot find it, because its location is too uncertain to target observations. This happens if the orbital elements of a minor planet are not known accurately enough, typically because the observation arc for the object is too short, or too few observations were made before the object became…
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