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(right). Ecliptic is depicted by blue curve, galactic plane with green. Moon is depicted with its phase, Sun in orange. Asteroid candidates color correspnds to the current V-band magnitude. Figures below show orbital elements of variant orbits of current NEOCP candidates and the nominal solution. Table with current NEOCP is here: <a href="https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpcops/neocp/neocp_plots/info/">NEOCP Table</a> </p> </p> <div> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_ntrksub36.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_ntrksub.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_not_seen.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_nobs36.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_nobs.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_arc.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp_H.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_opp.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_ntrksub36.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_ntrksub.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_not_seen.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_nobs36.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_nobs.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_arc.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map_H.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/neocp_map.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/map_opp_7.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/map_opp_30.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/map_opp_2.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/map_7.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/map_30.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/map_2.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/imp__map_opp.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/TTT0013_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/P226nwi_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/P226A82_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/P126A3O_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/P1268Yj_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/Jv631If_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/CCZ65R2_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/CCZ27D2_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/CCYQXF2_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/CCWF1R2_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/CCPHVR2_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/CCNG6P2_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/C44G051_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/C11EU35_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/C11ECF5_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/C10QEZ5_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/A11jdTk_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/A11jafi_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_left" src="/media/neocp_plots/A11iqdx_neocpPlot.png"> <img id="neocp_plots" class="plot_right" src="/media/neocp_plots/A11iIUm_neocpPlot.png"> </div> <!-- END - specific div for django web pages --> </div> <!-- Footer - ends the body tag--> </div> </div> </div> <!-- footer --> <footer id="footer"> <div class="holder"> <nav class="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about">About</a></li> <!-- Contact link changed to Jira and name changed to helpdesk. 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