A minor planet search could use mosaics of CCD fields with rows oriented in the east-west direction, that is, PA = 90 deg. In this case, one could prepare a text file containing a list of names and centers for various mosaics in different parts of the sky,

Mosaic_1   13 25 00.00 +35 00 00.0
Mosaic_2   15 00 00.00 -11 00 00.0
Mosaic_3   18 30 00.00 -17 00 00.0
Mosaic_4   20 12 00.00 +00 00 00.0
Mosaic_5   22 00 00.00 +14 00 00.0

add these objects to TAO's fixed object database with the help of program addFixedTargets, and then request mosaics around the various center coordinates:

Mosaic_1; &
  PA=90 width=3.50 overlap=1.50 dRA=0. ddec=0. &
    -1   -1 &
     0   -1 &
     1   -1 &
    -1    0 &
     0    0 &
     1    0 &
    -1    1 &
     0    1 &
     1    1
Mosaic_2; &
  PA=90 width=3.50 overlap=1.50 dRA=0. ddec=0. &
     0    0 &
     1    0 &
     2    0 &
     3    0
...   

Notes:

1. All fields in a mosaic will be scheduled using identical parameters. In particular, the exposure time, camera resolution, frame size, frame mode, filter, observing window, minimum altitude, maximum |hour angle|, moon avoidance radius, image insertion method, and request identifier will be the same for all fields. The number of requested images per field will be the same for all fields; if the timeseries keyword is specified on the first line of the mosaic request, then different numbers of images may be scheduled for each field.

2. The default options specified in the user's profile may be overriden in the same way as for non-mosaic requests, by specifying the non-default options on the first line of the request:

   2002 XH4; 4i exp=300. filter=I & PA=36.5 width=3.50 overlap=1.50 dRA=-.00137 ddec=-.02052 & 0 0 & -1 0 & 1 0 & -2 0 & 2 0

   The above request would be identical to the previously discussed example about the recovery of 2002 XH4, except that now four 300-sec I-band exposures of each field are being requested.

3. The fields in a mosaic may be labeled with individual request identifiers. For example, in the request

   C/2003 F1; & PA=36.5 width=3.50 overlap=1.50 dRA=-.00137 ddec=-.02052 & 0 0 & -1 0 #MT-052 & 1 0 & -2 0 # & 2 0 #AM-441

   fields (-1,0) and (2,0) have identifiers MT-052 and AM-441, respectively, and the other three fields have blank identifiers. If an identifier is specified on the first line of a mosaic request, it applies to all fields for which individual requests have not been specified. For example, in the request

   2004 JB12; #C042-A & PA=36.5 width=3.50 overlap=1.50 dRA=-.00137 ddec=-.02052 & 0 0 & -1 0 #SP-332 & 1 0 & -2 0 # & 2 0 #MG-163

   fields (0,0) and (1,0) share the identifier C042-A, fields (-1,0) and (2,0) have identifiers SP-332 and MG-163, respectively, and field (-2,0) has a blank identifier.