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    M.P.E.C. 2016-W46                                Issued 2016 Nov. 22, 12:01 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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                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2016 WP1

Observations:
     K16W01P* C2016 11 19.42615 04 10 59.83 +27 02 12.1          19.0 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.43253 04 10 57.19 +27 04 07.7          19.7 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.44319 04 10 52.82 +27 07 21.4          20.1 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.44770 04 10 50.93 +27 08 43.7          20.2 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.47982 04 10 37.72 +27 18 28.6          20.1 VqEW046I52
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.48023 04 10 37.50 +27 18 36.4          20.4 VqEW046I52
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.48065 04 10 37.40 +27 18 44.2          19.9 VqEW046I52
     K16W01P  C2016 11 19.48106 04 10 37.15 +27 18 51.6          19.6 VqEW046I52
     K16W01P KC2016 11 20.31564 04 04 37.76 +31 48 45.4          20   GUEW046H21
     K16W01P HC2016 11 20.31671 04 04 37.13 +31 49 07.8                UEW046H21
     K16W01P  C2016 11 20.41982 04 03 45.71 +32 24 24.5          19.9 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 20.42024 04 03 45.50 +32 24 33.0          19.9 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 20.42065 04 03 45.31 +32 24 41.7          19.7 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P  C2016 11 20.42123 04 03 45.00 +32 24 54.0          19.4 VqEW046G96
     K16W01P FC2016 11 21.86418 03 49 31.37 +41 17 50.1                qEW046246
     K16W01P FC2016 11 21.86458 03 49 31.25 +41 17 58.4                qEW046246

Observer details:
246 Klet Observatory-KLENOT.  Observers M. Tichy, J. Ticha.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    1.06-m KLENOT Telescope + 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.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurers L. Buzzi, T. Linder, S. Foglia, T. Vorobjov.  0.61-m f/4.0
    astrograph + CCD.
I52 Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station.  Observer 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.  1.0-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2016 WP1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0885 AU
Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5                 MPC
M  14.00453              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.39301450     Peri.   70.54605     -0.50039660     -0.75207801
a   1.8458525      Node    57.14705     +0.46870836     -0.65185707
e   0.5425306      Incl.   30.70330     +0.72795310     -0.09726783
P   2.51           H   23.9           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
161119 G96  0.2-  0.6+    161119 I52  0.5+  0.1-    161120 G96  0.3+  0.0
161119 G96  0.2-  0.2+    161119 I52  0.6-  0.2-    161120 G96  0.2+  0.4+
161119 G96  0.3+  0.1-    161120 H21  0.7+  0.0     161121 246  1.2-  0.6+
161119 G96  0.0   0.1+    161120 H21  0.4-  0.7+    161121 246  0.9+  0.6-
161119 I52  0.2+  0.5-    161120 G96  0.1-  0.3-
161119 I52  0.5-  0.2-    161120 G96  0.0   0.4-

Ephemeris:
2016 WP1                 a,e,i = 1.85, 0.54, 31                  q = 0.8444
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2016 10 23    04 44 01.7 -11 27 46   0.4242  1.3140   131.3    34.7    24.1
...
2016 11 07    04 42 19.1 -03 40 45   0.2344  1.1919   145.7    28.0    22.4
...
2016 11 15    04 29 54.3 +10 06 14   0.1458  1.1282   161.5    16.2    20.9
...
2016 11 21    03 58 43.3 +35 49 47   0.09761 1.0820   163.9    14.7    19.8
2016 11 22    03 47 49.2 +42 11 30   0.09299 1.0744   157.9    20.2    19.9
2016 11 23    03 33 10.1 +49 00 07   0.08980 1.0669   151.0    26.7    20.0
...
2016 11 29    21 39 23.0 +75 14 18   0.1031  1.0232   108.2    66.4    21.4
...
2016 12 07    18 08 20.8 +55 37 30   0.1711  0.9695    79.8    90.2    23.2
...
2016 12 22    17 31 29.6 +39 55 27   0.3241  0.8892    63.7    97.2    24.7

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-W46

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