MOJAVE: XVIII. Kinematics and Inner Jet Evolution of Bright Radio-Loud Active Galaxies

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We have analyzed the parsec-scale jet kinematics of 447 bright radio-loud AGN, based on 15 GHz VLBA data obtained between 1994 August 31 and 2019 August 4.

• We present new total intensity and linear polarization maps obtained between 2017 January 1 to 2019 August 4 for 143 of these AGN.
• We tracked 1923 bright features for five or more epochs in 419 jets.
• A majority (60%) of the well-sampled jet features show either accelerated or non-radial motion.