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    M.P.E.C. 2016-O281                               Issued 2016 July 21, 15:11 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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                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2016 NQ55
    
    Observations:
         K16N55Q* C2016 07 11.20653 17 17 29.55 -09 32 59.4          20.6 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 11.21347 17 17 29.08 -09 33 08.2          20.3 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 11.22042 17 17 28.50 -09 33 15.6          20.6 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 11.22736 17 17 27.93 -09 33 23.3          20.5 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 11.25682 17 17 25.61 -09 33 57.0          20.8 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 11.26932 17 17 24.54 -09 34 11.0                qEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 11.27559 17 17 24.08 -09 34 18.3                qEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 14.20503 17 13 55.58 -10 31 56.7          20.2 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 14.21985 17 13 54.45 -10 32 14.5          19.7 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q  C2016 07 14.22725 17 13 53.93 -10 32 23.5          20.6 VqEO281G96
         K16N55Q |C2016 07 15.10842 17 12 54.36 -10 50 05.9          19.5 VuEO281807
         K16N55Q |C2016 07 15.11114 17 12 54.16 -10 50 09.2          19.9 VuEO281807
         K16N55Q |C2016 07 15.11386 17 12 53.94 -10 50 12.0          19.2 VuEO281807
         K16N55Q |C2016 07 21.10116 17 06 55.08 -12 58 08.4          20.6 VuEO281807
         K16N55Q |C2016 07 21.10551 17 06 54.76 -12 58 13.4          20.1 VuEO281807
         K16N55Q |C2016 07 21.10997 17 06 54.51 -12 58 20.5          20.4 VuEO281807
    
    Observer details:
    807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph
        + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers D. C. Fuls, A. D. Grauer.  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.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2016 NQ55                                                Earth MOID = 0.2967 AU
    Epoch 2016 July 31.0 TT = JDT 2457600.5                 MPC
    M 337.47571              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.27190543     Peri.  234.22682     +0.96049070     +0.13053519
    a   2.3597036      Node   117.10184     -0.06239683     +0.96170207
    e   0.4795298      Incl.   16.02874     -0.27122731     +0.24101804
    P   3.62           H   19.1           G   0.15           U   6
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    160711 G96  0.1-  0.0     160711 G96  0.7-  0.3+    160715 807  0.2-  0.1+
    160711 G96  1.0+  0.8-    160714 G96  0.2+  0.2+    160721 807  0.6+  0.1-
    160711 G96  0.5+  0.2-    160714 G96  0.4-  0.3+    160721 807  0.4-  0.7+
    160711 G96  0.2+  0.0     160714 G96  0.1-  0.3+    160721 807  0.3-  0.5-
    160711 G96  0.2+  0.1+    160715 807  0.3+  0.4-
    160711 G96  1.1-  0.4+    160715 807  0.2+  0.4-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2016 NQ55                a,e,i = 2.36, 0.48, 16                  q = 1.2282
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2016 06 21    17 44 39.2 -04 37 02   0.7385  1.7310   160.9    11.1    20.3
    ...
    2016 07 06    17 24 13.1 -07 58 42   0.6703  1.6405   152.4    16.7    20.2
    ...
    2016 07 14    17 14 09.7 -10 27 39   0.6515  1.5932   144.7    21.7    20.2
    ...
    2016 07 20    17 07 54.6 -12 33 56   0.6443  1.5584   138.5    25.6    20.3
    2016 07 21    17 07 00.5 -12 55 57   0.6436  1.5527   137.5    26.2    20.3
    2016 07 22    17 06 09.0 -13 18 12   0.6430  1.5470   136.5    26.9    20.3
    ...
    2016 07 28    17 02 00.3 -15 36 00   0.6423  1.5132   130.4    30.7    20.4
    ...
    2016 08 05    16 59 29.7 -18 47 28   0.6474  1.4696   122.8    35.5    20.4
    ...
    2016 08 20    17 05 16.8 -24 52 17   0.6688  1.3939   110.4    42.9    20.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-O281
    

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