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    M.P.E.C. 2016-S66                                Issued 2016 Sept. 27, 20:49 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 SK2
    
    Observations:
         K16S02K* C2016 09 25.12674 21 59 19.60 +24 25 44.9          20.7 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.13101 21 59 21.22 +24 26 06.5          20.3 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.13531 21 59 22.94 +24 26 30.5          20.4 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.13960 21 59 24.58 +24 26 52.4          20.5 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25002 22 00 06.35 +24 36 05.6          20.9 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25047 22 00 06.53 +24 36 07.2          20.4 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25096 22 00 06.67 +24 36 08.9          20.5 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25185 22 00 07.05 +24 36 14.0          20.5 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25230 22 00 07.17 +24 36 16.2          20.4 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25280 22 00 07.41 +24 36 18.4          20.0 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25370 22 00 07.70 +24 36 22.9          20.6 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 25.25543 22 00 08.42 +24 36 30.7          20.2 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 26.17873 22 06 10.78 +25 42 07.9          20.8 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 26.18090 22 06 11.52 +25 42 15.4          20.4 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 26.18310 22 06 12.17 +25 42 24.1          20.2 VqES066G96
         K16S02K  C2016 09 26.18599 22 06 13.10 +25 42 35.9                qES066G96
         K16S02K KC2016 09 27.15935722 11 16.61 +26 35 16.1          21.6 VuES066H21
         K16S02K KC2016 09 27.16908222 11 18.93 +26 35 43.9          21.2 VuES066H21
         K16S02K KC2016 09 27.17953322 11 21.44 +26 36 13.6          21.4 VuES066H21
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observers D. C. Fuls, E. J. Christensen.  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.  0.81-m f/4.0
        astrograph + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2016 SK2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0017 AU
    Epoch 2016 July 31.0 TT = JDT 2457600.5                 MPC
    M   1.02276              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.62460518     Peri.  290.65479     +0.27816511     +0.96028800
    a   1.3553943      Node   355.33148     -0.75175091     +0.20358097
    e   0.3918530      Incl.   15.46697     -0.59790864     +0.19079242
    P   1.58           H   25.2           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    160925 G96  0.3+  0.2+    160925 G96  0.2+  0.0     160926 G96  0.1+  0.1-
    160925 G96  0.3-  0.6-    160925 G96  0.5-  0.0     160926 G96  1.2+  0.8+
    160925 G96  0.2+  0.9+    160925 G96  0.3+  0.1-    160927 H21  0.1-  0.2-
    160925 G96  0.2-  0.4+    160925 G96  0.4-  0.0     160927 H21  0.1-  0.1-
    160925 G96  0.0   0.4+    160925 G96  0.7+  0.4-    160927 H21  0.1+  0.2+
    160925 G96  0.1+  0.2-    160926 G96  1.3-  0.2+
    160925 G96  0.5-  0.8-    160926 G96  0.1+  0.5-
    
    Ephemeris:
    2016 SK2                 a,e,i = 1.36, 0.39, 15                  q = 0.8243
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2016 08 28    11 09 36.7 -34 02 40   0.1770  0.8936    44.9   127.0    26.6
    ...
    2016 09 12    11 56 25.5 -40 48 06   0.05516 0.9687    45.7   132.0    24.7
    ...
    2016 09 20    20 12 06.0 -01 16 06   0.01794 1.0148   125.6    53.6    18.5
    ...
    2016 09 26    22 05 05.2 +25 31 01   0.06130 1.0510   141.1    36.8    20.7
    2016 09 27    22 10 30.8 +26 27 56   0.06924 1.0571   141.1    36.5    21.0
    2016 09 28    22 14 57.4 +27 11 49   0.07723 1.0633   141.1    36.2    21.2
    ...
    2016 10 04    22 31 18.5 +29 20 37   0.1261  1.1006   140.5    35.3    22.4
    ...
    2016 10 12    22 43 30.3 +29 59 43   0.1934  1.1509   139.0    34.7    23.4
    ...
    2016 10 27    23 01 47.4 +29 31 54   0.3277  1.2448   134.2    34.9    24.7
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-S66
    

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