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    M.P.E.C. 2016-W32                                Issued 2016 Nov. 21, 15:06 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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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                    2016 WU

Observations:
     K16W00U* C2016 11 18.46506 03 51 33.50 +39 54 20.4          19.0 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 18.46955 03 51 26.30 +39 55 31.7          18.9 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 18.47827 03 51 12.48 +39 57 49.6          18.5 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 18.50500 03 50 31.08 +40 04 44.4          18.8 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 18.50592 03 50 29.64 +40 04 58.3          19.3 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 18.50616 03 50 29.30 +40 05 02.0                qEW032G96
     K16W00U KC2016 11 19.15104 03 37 16.79 +42 39 27.3                qEW032J95
     K16W00U HC2016 11 19.15262 03 37 14.82 +42 39 45.5          18.8 RqEW032J95
     K16W00U  C2016 11 19.28540 03 35 19.56 +43 10 03.3          19.7 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 19.28582 03 35 19.01 +43 10 08.0          19.9 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 19.28624 03 35 18.35 +43 10 13.3                qEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 19.28670 03 35 17.82 +43 10 18.4          19.4 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.24968603 20 56.54 +45 31 49.5          19.5 VUEW032H01
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.25641203 20 49.97 +45 32 37.7          19.6 VUEW032H01
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.26375703 20 42.80 +45 33 29.6          19.5 VUEW032H01
     K16W00U KC2016 11 20.27123803 20 25.12 +45 33 28.1          20.1 VuEW032H21
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.27193403 20 34.84 +45 34 26.7          19.8 VUEW032H01
     K16W00U KC2016 11 20.27538803 20 21.21 +45 33 54.7          20.0 VuEW032H21
     K16W00U KC2016 11 20.27899103 20 17.82 +45 34 17.5          19.9 VuEW032H21
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.38786 03 18 47.64 +45 46 42.4                qEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.38853 03 18 47.06 +45 46 46.8          20.2 VqEW032G96
     K16W00U  C2016 11 20.39050 03 18 45.33 +45 46 57.7          20.1 VqEW032G96

Observer details:
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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + 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, 0.81-m f/4.0 astrograph + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2016 WU                                                  Earth MOID = 0.0018 AU
Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5                 MPC
M 152.56725              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.93408667     Peri.  272.91857     +0.83557180     +0.53620967
a   1.0364410      Node    54.68589     -0.42761732     +0.77143442
e   0.1750585      Incl.    8.42663     -0.34491041     +0.34259030
P   1.06           H   27.2           G   0.15           U   6
Residuals in seconds of arc
161118 G96  0.5-  0.1-    161119 G96  0.3+  0.1+    161120 H01  0.3-  0.1+
161118 G96  0.4-  0.3-    161119 G96  0.3+  0.1+    161120 H21  0.0   0.0
161118 G96  0.2+  0.2-    161119 G96  0.9-  0.7+    161120 H21  0.1-  0.1-
161118 G96  0.1+  0.0     161119 G96  0.0   0.6+    161120 G96  0.3-  0.8-
161118 G96  0.5-  0.2-    161120 H01  0.1-  0.0     161120 G96  0.1-  0.1-
161118 G96  0.2-  0.1-    161120 H01  0.1-  0.0     161120 G96  0.2+  0.1-
161119 J95  0.6+  0.5-    161120 H01  0.2-  0.1-
161119 J95  0.0   0.7+    161120 H21  0.1-  0.0

Ephemeris:
2016 WU                  a,e,i = 1.04, 0.18, 8                   q = 0.8550
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2016 10 22    13 56 51.8 -52 24 28   0.1015  0.9215    41.4   134.4    28.2
...
2016 11 06    13 21 56.7 -56 22 09   0.03880 0.9634    43.4   135.0    26.3
...
2016 11 14    09 17 38.7 -51 32 52   0.0078140.9874    75.8   103.7    20.5
...
2016 11 20    03 24 10.3 +44 59 32   0.01944 1.0056   154.4    25.1    19.8
2016 11 21    03 12 22.3 +46 45 07   0.02341 1.0086   152.3    27.1    20.3
2016 11 22    03 03 33.4 +47 55 59   0.02742 1.0116   150.6    28.6    20.7
...
2016 11 28    02 38 31.3 +50 37 20   0.05202 1.0296   145.0    33.4    22.2
...
2016 12 06    02 30 55.3 +51 03 35   0.08591 1.0532   140.6    36.4    23.5
...
2016 12 21    02 40 02.6 +50 07 23   0.1531  1.0949   133.6    40.6    24.9

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-W32

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