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    M.P.E.C. 2016-N55                                Issued 2016 July  9, 15:20 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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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2016 NO16

Observations:
     K16N16O* C2016 07 06.22779 15 02 35.80 +32 06 16.7          20.6 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.23349 15 02 35.68 +32 06 12.4          21.0 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.23923 15 02 35.62 +32 06 06.2          21.6 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.24493 15 02 35.54 +32 05 59.7          20.8 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.27768 15 02 34.86 +32 05 25.2                qEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.28384 15 02 34.78 +32 05 19.5          21.8 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.28998 15 02 34.66 +32 05 11.5                qEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 06.29610 15 02 34.56 +32 05 06.5          21.7 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 07.23545 15 02 21.86 +31 48 40.1          22.4 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 07.24073 15 02 21.76 +31 48 34.0          21.8 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 07.24617 15 02 21.64 +31 48 28.1          21.3 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 07.25140 15 02 21.56 +31 48 22.1          21.7 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 08.20298 15 02 11.19 +31 31 14.2          21.4 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 08.21004 15 02 11.09 +31 31 06.4          21.2 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 08.22416 15 02 10.95 +31 30 50.3          21.7 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O KC2016 07 09.17862515 02 02.97 +31 13 07.6          21.4 VuEN055H21
     K16N16O KC2016 07 09.19610615 02 02.79 +31 12 47.6          21.1 VuEN055H21
     K16N16O KC2016 07 09.20732015 02 02.71 +31 12 34.6          21.5 VuEN055H21
     K16N16O  C2016 07 09.25441 15 02 02.43 +31 11 42.4          20.8 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 09.26074 15 02 02.34 +31 11 35.4          21.5 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 09.26709 15 02 02.25 +31 11 28.5          21.5 VqEN055G96
     K16N16O  C2016 07 09.27346 15 02 02.19 +31 11 21.2          21.6 VqEN055G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  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.
    1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers S. Foglia, L. Buzzi, T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.76-m f/3.0
    astrograph + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2016 NO16                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0438 AU
Epoch 2016 July 31.0 TT = JDT 2457600.5                 MPC
M 345.73880              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23351534     Peri.  182.06947     +0.88704044     +0.40257868
a   2.6117149      Node   150.68303     -0.41668680     +0.90890163
e   0.5961176      Incl.   27.49199     -0.19882496     -0.10875765
P   4.22           H   19.1           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
160706 G96  0.0   1.2-    160707 G96  0.6+  0.3+    160709 H21  0.1-  0.0
160706 G96  0.2-  0.5+    160707 G96  0.4+  0.1-    160709 H21  0.2+  0.1-
160706 G96  0.4+  0.3+    160707 G96  0.1-  0.1-    160709 G96  0.7+  0.5-
160706 G96  0.7+  0.2-    160707 G96  0.0   0.5-    160709 G96  0.3+  0.3-
160706 G96  0.3-  0.2-    160708 G96  0.2-  0.2+    160709 G96  0.1-  0.1+
160706 G96  0.0   0.6+    160708 G96  0.3-  0.2+    160709 G96  0.1-  0.1+
160706 G96  0.1-  0.9-    160708 G96  0.3+  0.3-
160706 G96  0.0   0.6+    160709 H21  0.0   0.0

Ephemeris:
2016 NO16                a,e,i = 2.61, 0.60, 27                  q = 1.0548
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2016 06 09    15 24 35.5 +36 16 09   0.9887  1.6979   115.8    32.6    21.6
...
2016 06 24    15 09 03.5 +34 54 55   0.9432  1.5795   107.4    37.9    21.5
...
2016 07 02    15 04 05.4 +33 14 17   0.9203  1.5170   103.0    40.8    21.4
...
2016 07 08    15 02 13.5 +31 34 57   0.9027  1.4707    99.9    42.9    21.4
2016 07 09    15 02 04.6 +31 16 31   0.8997  1.4630    99.4    43.3    21.4
2016 07 10    15 01 58.6 +30 57 34   0.8967  1.4554    98.9    43.6    21.4
...
2016 07 16    15 02 21.6 +28 53 12   0.8777  1.4101    95.9    45.8    21.3
...
2016 07 24    15 05 28.5 +25 39 38   0.8504  1.3513    92.4    48.7    21.2
...
2016 08 08    15 19 08.7 +18 10 10   0.7923  1.2487    86.6    54.1    21.1

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