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    M.P.E.C. 2016-W102                               Issued 2016 Nov. 27, 20:59 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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            URL https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/    ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2016 WB8

Observations:
     K16W08B* C2016 11 25.30543 03 53 26.95 -03 53 47.4          20.9 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.30974 03 53 25.69 -03 53 48.2          20.3 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.31403 03 53 24.33 -03 53 48.4          20.2 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.34698 03 53 14.41 -03 53 52.8          20.8 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.34924 03 53 13.69 -03 53 53.1                qEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.35373 03 53 12.38 -03 53 53.2          20.0 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.38964503 53 01.30 -03 54 00.8          20.2 GUEW102H01
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.39814203 52 58.81 -03 54 01.6          20.6 GUEW102H01
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.39842 03 52 59.12 -03 53 58.3          21.1 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.40010 03 52 58.54 -03 53 58.4          21.1 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.40173 03 52 58.05 -03 53 57.8          20.0 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.40287503 52 57.44 -03 54 02.0          20.3 GUEW102H01
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.40397 03 52 57.44 -03 53 58.5          20.2 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 25.42075103 52 52.30 -03 54 03.8          20.3 GUEW102H01
     K16W08B KC2016 11 25.96250 03 50 40.16 -03 55 51.7                qEW102J95
     K16W08B FC2016 11 25.97400 03 50 36.54 -03 55 53.1                qEW102J95
     K16W08B KC2016 11 25.98285 03 50 33.67 -03 55 54.9          20.0 RqEW102J95
     K16W08B  C2016 11 26.27084 03 49 13.21 -03 55 40.3          20.4 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 26.27221 03 49 12.75 -03 55 40.4          20.2 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 26.27401 03 49 12.10 -03 55 40.3          20.1 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B  C2016 11 26.27536 03 49 11.61 -03 55 41.2          20.2 VqEW102G96
     K16W08B |C2016 11 27.10555 03 44 51.63 -03 53 02.7          20.5 VuEW102807
     K16W08B |C2016 11 27.10783 03 44 50.69 -03 53 03.0          20.3 VuEW102807
     K16W08B |C2016 11 27.11019 03 44 49.70 -03 53 02.9          20.3 VuEW102807

Observer details:
807 Cerro Tololo.  Observers T. Linder, R. Holmes.  0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph
    + 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.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan.
    Measurer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9 reflector + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2016 WB8                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0014 AU
Epoch 2017 Feb. 16.0 TT = JDT 2457800.5                 MPC
M  13.85536              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.77038982     Peri.   71.52025     -0.80318113     -0.58536081
a   1.1784985      Node    72.50677     +0.49337936     -0.75773670
e   0.2904599      Incl.    6.66476     +0.33388153     -0.28842300
P   1.28           H   25.8           G   0.15           U   7
Residuals in seconds of arc
161125 G96  0.0   0.0     161125 G96  0.7+  0.1-    161125 J95  0.2+  0.7-
161125 G96  0.6+  0.2-    161125 G96  0.6-  0.0     161126 G96  0.2-  0.5+
161125 G96  0.3-  0.1+    161125 G96  0.8-  0.7+    161126 G96  0.3+  0.5+
161125 G96  0.1+  0.1-    161125 H01  0.2+  0.0     161126 G96  0.2+  0.8+
161125 G96  0.5-  0.2-    161125 G96  0.1-  0.3+    161126 G96  0.1+  0.0
161125 G96  0.1+  0.3+    161125 H01  0.2+  0.1-    161127 807  0.1-  0.0
161125 H01  0.3+  0.1-    161125 J95  0.8-  0.1+    161127 807  0.0   0.2-
161125 H01  0.1+  0.0     161125 J95  0.4+  0.1+    161127 807  0.0   0.0

Ephemeris:
2016 WB8                 a,e,i = 1.18, 0.29, 7                   q = 0.8362
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2016 10 28    04 16 24.6 -00 47 40   0.2040  1.1678   145.7    28.6    23.9
...
2016 11 12    04 15 45.9 -02 44 10   0.1183  1.0972   153.8    23.4    22.5
...
2016 11 20    04 07 31.6 -03 32 21   0.07703 1.0589   156.0    22.3    21.4
...
2016 11 26    03 50 29.1 -03 53 25   0.04768 1.0303   154.8    24.1    20.4
2016 11 27    03 45 23.5 -03 54 32   0.04292 1.0255   154.1    24.8    20.2
2016 11 28    03 39 03.1 -03 54 28   0.03821 1.0208   153.2    25.8    19.9
...
2016 12 04    01 21 52.0 -02 09 45   0.01243 0.9929   125.4    54.0    18.2
...
2016 12 12    17 41 29.0 +04 31 32   0.03132 0.9570    28.2   150.9    26.8
...
2016 12 27    16 55 17.5 +02 48 37   0.1052  0.8980    33.9   142.4    27.9

A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2016 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2016-W102

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