precovery (Q1463544)

process of finding the image of an object in images or photographic plates predating its discovery, typically for the purpose of calculating a more accurate orbit

earliest precovery
pre-discovery recovery
pre-discovery
pre-discovery observation
pre-discovery detection

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	precovery	process of finding the image of an object in images or photographic plates predating its discovery, typically for the purpose of calculating a more accurate orbit	earliest precovery pre-discovery recovery pre-discovery pre-discovery observation pre-discovery detection