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    M.P.E.C. 2016-S12                                Issued 2016 Sept. 19, 15:24 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
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                                   2016 RL40

Observations:
     K16R40L* C2016 09 11.35451 00 15 42.38 -00 57 51.3          20.2 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 11.36483 00 15 39.21 -00 59 52.3          20.4 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 11.37454 00 15 36.20 -01 01 45.6          20.6 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 11.44980 00 15 13.72 -01 16 17.8          20.1 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 11.45222 00 15 13.02 -01 16 45.9          20.4 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 11.45263 00 15 12.91 -01 16 49.6          20.5 VqES012G96
     K16R40L KC2016 09 11.48264 00 15 04.39 -01 22 32.5          20.0 RoES012291
     K16R40L KC2016 09 11.48350 00 15 04.13 -01 22 42.6          20.1 RoES012291
     K16R40L KC2016 09 11.48437 00 15 03.86 -01 22 52.6          19.9 RoES012291
     K16R40L KC2016 09 12.26264000 12 10.73 -03 40 14.4          20.6 VuES012H21
     K16R40L KC2016 09 12.27002800 12 08.81 -03 41 26.3          20.6 VuES012H21
     K16R40L KC2016 09 12.27733600 12 06.94 -03 42 37.5          20.6 VuES012H21
     K16R40L  C2016 09 12.34554 00 11 52.08 -03 53 25.6          20.5 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 12.34634 00 11 51.96 -03 53 32.8          20.9 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 12.34710 00 11 51.74 -03 53 40.7          20.7 VqES012G96
     K16R40L  C2016 09 12.34786 00 11 51.54 -03 53 48.0          20.6 VqES012G96
     K16R40L ^C2016 09 14.28410 00 06 03.96 -08 14 04.4          20.6 RoES012695
     K16R40L ^C2016 09 14.29178 00 06 02.48 -08 14 56.3          20.7 RoES012695
     K16R40L ^C2016 09 14.29945 00 06 01.01 -08 15 47.9          20.9 RoES012695

Observer details:
291 LPL/Spacewatch II.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  1.8-m f/2.7 reflector + CCD.
695 Kitt Peak.  Observer R. S. McMillan.  2.3-m f/9 reflector + CCD.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers A. R. Gibbs, R. A. Kowalski.  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 RL40                                                Earth MOID = 0.0114 AU
Epoch 2016 July 31.0 TT = JDT 2457600.5                 MPC
M  18.97356              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.73239024     Peri.   87.29465     -0.23597126     +0.97115499
a   1.2189176      Node   168.87554     -0.94717982     -0.22197381
e   0.3830337      Incl.   10.23606     -0.21718184     -0.08709545
P   1.35           H   25.6           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
160911 G96  0.5+  0.1-    160911 291  0.0   0.0     160912 G96  0.0   0.2-
160911 G96  0.4+  0.2-    160911 291  0.4-  0.1-    160912 G96  0.0   0.2-
160911 G96  0.2-  0.1+    160912 H21  0.0   0.2-    160914 695  0.0   0.1-
160911 G96  0.1-  0.1-    160912 H21  0.1-  0.1+    160914 695  0.0   0.1-
160911 G96  0.1-  0.4-    160912 H21  0.1+  0.2+    160914 695  0.2+  0.1+
160911 G96  0.1+  0.6+    160912 G96  0.9-  0.1-
160911 291  0.3+  0.2+    160912 G96  0.4+  0.4+

Ephemeris:
2016 RL40                a,e,i = 1.22, 0.38, 10                  q = 0.7520
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2016 08 20    11 05 08.4 +43 14 10   0.1104  0.9224    34.1   142.1    27.8
...
2016 09 04    02 05 25.1 +55 05 20   0.03014 1.0172   106.0    72.4    20.6
...
2016 09 12    00 13 08.2 -02 54 40   0.06400 1.0688   167.0    12.3    20.5
...
2016 09 18    23 58 35.0 -13 26 34   0.1047  1.1073   167.8    11.1    21.6
2016 09 19    23 57 06.5 -14 25 03   0.1119  1.1137   166.8    11.9    21.8
2016 09 20    23 55 47.4 -15 15 57   0.1191  1.1200   165.8    12.7    22.0
...
2016 09 26    23 50 15.1 -18 34 01   0.1641  1.1578   159.5    17.6    22.9
...
2016 10 04    23 46 54.4 -20 21 00   0.2284  1.2068   152.0    22.9    23.9
...
2016 10 19    23 48 19.6 -20 19 50   0.3618  1.2936   139.8    29.8    25.2

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-S12

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