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    M.P.E.C. 2016-O282                               Issued 2016 July 21, 15:17 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.
    
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2016 NR55
    
    Observations:
         K16N55R* C2016 07 15.33044 19 41 30.97 -30 34 38.9          19.9 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 15.33507 19 41 32.26 -30 34 46.0          19.9 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 15.33971 19 41 33.55 -30 34 53.3          20.2 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 15.34432 19 41 34.83 -30 35 00.5          19.7 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 16.30955 19 46 41.91 -31 00 45.8          19.4 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 16.31007 19 46 42.10 -31 00 46.9          19.9 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 16.31232 19 46 42.76 -31 00 49.9          20.1 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 16.31285 19 46 42.93 -31 00 51.4          19.6 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 16.31510 19 46 43.64 -31 00 55.2          19.7 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R  C2016 07 16.31562 19 46 43.78 -31 00 56.0          19.6 VqEO282G96
         K16N55R |C2016 07 21.15212 20 20 12.59 -33 18 11.8          19.7 VuEO282807
         K16N55R |C2016 07 21.15647 20 20 14.67 -33 18 19.7          19.7 VuEO282807
         K16N55R |C2016 07 21.16095 20 20 16.82 -33 18 27.9          19.8 VuEO282807
    
    Observer details:
    807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph
        + CCD.
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer G. J. Leonard.  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 NR55                                                Earth MOID = 0.0453 AU
    Epoch 2016 July 31.0 TT = JDT 2457600.5                 MPC
    M 354.32190              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.25413879     Peri.  248.27622     +0.90281888     +0.42821673
    a   2.4684372      Node    86.35112     -0.37853174     +0.83480388
    e   0.5797538      Incl.    2.25982     -0.20403871     +0.34602445
    P   3.88           H   23.5           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    160715 G96  0.2-  0.1+    160716 G96  0.1+  0.1-    160721 807  0.0   0.1-
    160715 G96  0.0   0.1+    160716 G96  0.2-  0.5+    160721 807  0.0   0.0
    160715 G96  0.1+  0.0     160716 G96  0.0   0.1-    160721 807  0.0   0.1+
    160715 G96  0.2+  0.1-    160716 G96  0.4+  0.3-
    160716 G96  0.4-  0.1+    160716 G96  0.1+  0.2-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2016 NR55                a,e,i = 2.47, 0.58, 2                   q = 1.0374
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2016 06 21    18 44 20.1 -24 05 24   0.2806  1.2933   169.7     8.1    21.9
    ...
    2016 07 06    19 08 29.9 -27 11 19   0.1797  1.1959   175.2     4.1    20.5
    ...
    2016 07 14    19 35 09.5 -29 59 38   0.1354  1.1506   171.7     7.3    20.0
    ...
    2016 07 20    20 10 48.6 -32 44 24   0.1067  1.1206   167.6    11.2    19.6
    2016 07 21    20 18 52.3 -33 13 41   0.1024  1.1159   166.7    12.1    19.5
    2016 07 22    20 27 43.1 -33 42 46   0.09818 1.1114   165.7    13.0    19.5
    ...
    2016 07 28    21 41 20.6 -35 52 25   0.07697 1.0867   156.9    21.5    19.2
    ...
    2016 08 05    00 10 15.0 -30 48 40   0.06436 1.0609   134.9    42.6    19.3
    ...
    2016 08 20    03 08 35.9 -06 23 12   0.09504 1.0378   103.3    71.6    21.0
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-O282
    

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