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    M.P.E.C. 2016-C188                               Issued 2016 Feb. 14, 22:27 UT
    
         The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
             minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
        on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
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                                      2016 CV246
    
    Observations:
         K16CO6V* C2016 02 13.46611 11 34 47.48 +51 21 26.4          19.8 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.47124 11 34 41.19 +51 20 30.7          19.9 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.47637 11 34 34.98 +51 19 34.8          19.9 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.48149 11 34 28.70 +51 18 38.3          20.1 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.50545 11 33 59.71 +51 14 12.9          19.9 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.50690 11 33 57.97 +51 13 56.7          20.0 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.50832 11 33 56.24 +51 13 41.0          20.2 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 13.50976 11 33 54.49 +51 13 25.0          20.1 VqEC188G96
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 14.44281 11 17 44.63 +48 25 51.2          20.6 VqEC188I52
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 14.44387 11 17 43.48 +48 25 38.2          20.0 VqEC188I52
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 14.44493 11 17 42.40 +48 25 26.5          19.9 VqEC188I52
         K16CO6V  C2016 02 14.44599 11 17 41.25 +48 25 14.6          20.2 VqEC188I52
         K16CO6V KC2016 02 14.87718 11 11 10.47 +47 03 55.1                qEC188J95
         K16CO6V KC2016 02 14.88420 11 11 03.73 +47 02 41.0                qEC188J95
         K16CO6V KC2016 02 14.89095 11 10 57.36 +47 01 29.4          19.9 RqEC188J95
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. G. Matheny.  Measurers E. J. Christensen,
        D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski,
        S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. G. Matheny, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly.
        1.5-m reflector + CCD.
    I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer D. C. Fuls.  Measurers
        E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, J. A. Johnson,
        R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. G. Matheny, R. L. Seaman,
        F. C. Shelly.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2016 CV246                                               Earth MOID = 0.0079 AU
    Epoch 2016 Jan. 13.0 TT = JDT 2457400.5                 MPC
    M  41.08446              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.91496217     Peri.   79.35342     +0.54045526     -0.84007689
    a   1.0508336      Node   337.73853     +0.71573772     +0.48821042
    e   0.1504329      Incl.    7.07784     +0.44229812     +0.23647706
    P   1.08           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   7
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    160213 G96  0.3-  0.4-    160213 G96  0.3+  0.1-    160214 I52  0.3+  0.1-
    160213 G96  0.3-  0.0     160213 G96  0.1+  0.0     160214 I52  0.2+  0.0
    160213 G96  0.3+  0.4+    160213 G96  0.1-  0.0     160214 J95  0.3+  0.1+
    160213 G96  0.1-  0.2+    160214 I52  0.3-  0.6+    160214 J95  0.4-  0.1+
    160213 G96  0.2+  0.0     160214 I52  0.3-  0.4-    160214 J95  0.2+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2016 CV246               a,e,i = 1.05, 0.15, 7                   q = 0.8928
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2016 01 15    19 13 39.8 +42 47 51   0.09060 0.9481    64.5   110.6    24.1
    ...
    2016 01 30    17 33 13.2 +58 13 56   0.05785 0.9826    85.9    90.7    22.2
    ...
    2016 02 07    14 28 05.2 +63 31 12   0.04560 1.0024   109.7    67.9    20.9
    ...
    2016 02 13    11 43 56.3 +52 41 26   0.04298 1.0176   134.2    44.0    20.1
    2016 02 14    11 25 19.3 +49 45 40   0.04331 1.0202   138.4    40.0    20.0
    2016 02 15    11 09 07.6 +46 42 34   0.04387 1.0227   142.5    36.0    19.9
    ...
    2016 02 21    10 07 30.8 +29 04 09   0.05173 1.0380   161.8    17.3    19.8
    ...
    2016 02 29    09 32 31.3 +13 06 48   0.07101 1.0582   161.5    17.2    20.5
    ...
    2016 03 15    09 14 36.2 -00 04 41   0.1214  1.0945   143.5    32.7    22.2
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-C188
    

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