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    M.P.E.C. 2016-U63                                Issued 2016 Oct. 25, 11:27 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 UC31
    
    Observations:
         K16U31C* C2016 10 23.33958 00 16 09.18 +37 16 53.8          20.5 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 23.35163 00 16 07.76 +37 14 34.3                qEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 23.35848 00 16 06.95 +37 13 15.5          19.9 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 23.37864 00 16 04.66 +37 09 21.9          20.0 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 23.38059 00 16 04.43 +37 08 58.7          19.8 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 23.38349 00 16 04.13 +37 08 24.4          19.7 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 23.38547 00 16 03.92 +37 08 01.7          20.5 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 24.31821 00 14 58.29 +34 06 35.2          19.8 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 24.32188 00 14 57.87 +34 05 50.1          20.1 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C  C2016 10 24.32767 00 14 57.19 +34 04 39.1          19.9 VqEU063G96
         K16U31C KC2016 10 25.13547 00 14 09.92 +31 17 11.5          19.8 RqEU063H36
         K16U31C KC2016 10 25.14128 00 14 09.22 +31 15 57.6          19.3 RqEU063H36
         K16U31C KC2016 10 25.14709 00 14 08.52 +31 14 45.8          19.9 RqEU063H36
    
    Observer details:
    G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. G. Matheny.  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.
    H36 Sandlot Observatory, Scranton.  Observer G. Hug.  0.56-m reflector + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2016 UC31                                                Earth MOID = 0.0427 AU
    Epoch 2016 July 31.0 TT = JDT 2457600.5                 MPC
    M 131.85026              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.05656731     Peri.  319.41504     -0.98667390     -0.06933764
    a   0.9547096      Node   217.39845     +0.09958074     -0.97277432
    e   0.1258780      Incl.   14.02572     -0.12867904     -0.22113891
    P   0.93           H   24.5           G   0.15           U   8
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    161023 G96  0.2-  0.1+    161023 G96  0.1+  0.5-    161025 H36  0.2+  0.5-
    161023 G96  0.1+  0.3-    161023 G96  0.2+  0.1-    161025 H36  0.0   0.7-
    161023 G96  0.0   0.2+    161024 G96  0.2-  0.2-    161025 H36  0.2-  1.2+
    161023 G96  0.0   0.6+    161024 G96  0.0   0.1-
    161023 G96  0.1-  0.1+    161024 G96  0.1+  0.3+
    
    Ephemeris:
    2016 UC31                a,e,i = 0.95, 0.13, 14                  q = 0.8345
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2016 09 25    01 07 21.1 +69 39 22   0.1678  1.0731   110.5    61.1    23.0
    ...
    2016 10 10    00 39 26.6 +62 08 12   0.1101  1.0645   124.3    50.8    21.7
    ...
    2016 10 18    00 24 11.3 +50 48 26   0.08182 1.0571   136.5    40.4    20.8
    ...
    2016 10 24    00 15 26.2 +35 10 11   0.06528 1.0503   147.5    30.5    20.0
    2016 10 25    00 14 16.5 +31 46 22   0.06322 1.0491   149.0    29.2    19.9
    2016 10 26    00 13 12.5 +28 08 56   0.06142 1.0478   150.1    28.2    19.8
    ...
    2016 11 01    00 08 51.9 +03 11 23   0.05721 1.0396   144.5    33.7    19.8
    ...
    2016 11 09    00 08 22.2 -26 19 05   0.06914 1.0272   120.4    56.2    20.8
    ...
    2016 11 24    00 17 50.9 -51 50 11   0.1154  1.0001    93.0    80.3    22.6
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-U63
    

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