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    M.P.E.C. 2017-O29                                Issued 2017 July 22, 11:25 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 FC15
    
                               Revision to MPEC 2016-G40
    
    Additional Observations:
         K16F15C  C2017 07 20.60581001 45 07.410+18 33 32.53         24.1 GUEO029T14
         K16F15C  C2017 07 20.60980401 45 08.086+18 33 36.88         23.9 GUEO029T14
         K16F15C  C2017 07 20.61379701 45 08.762+18 33 41.32         23.5 GUEO029T14
         K16F15C  C2017 07 21.62043701 48 03.400+18 52 06.81         23.4 GUEO029T14
         K16F15C  C2017 07 21.62408701 48 04.030+18 52 10.81         23.7 GUEO029T14
    
    Observer details:
    T14 Mauna Kea-UH/Tholen NEO Follow-Up (CFHT).  Observer L. Wells.  Measurer
        D. J. Tholen.  3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
    
    First and last observations above in comparison with prediction:
    Residuals in seconds of arc (or two decimals in degrees), reference and Delta-T
    170720 T14 0.07+ 0.02+    170721 T14 0.07+ 0.02+    MPO380423   -0.11 day
    
    Orbital elements:
    2016 FC15                                           PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0261 AU
    Epoch 2017 Sept. 4.0 TT = JDT 2458000.5                 MPC
    M 321.14040              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   0.53635611     Peri.  206.69051     -0.10082051     -0.99089781
    a   1.5002624      Node   249.20625     +0.92900773     -0.06167651
    e   0.3946160      Incl.    5.47524     +0.35606161     -0.11965590
    P   1.84           H   21.2           G   0.15           U   4
    Residuals in seconds of arc
    160331 F51  0.1+  0.4+    160402 291  0.2-  0.2+    160423 695  0.1+  0.4+
    160331 F51  0.2+  0.3+    160402 291  0.1+  0.2+    160423 695  0.4+  0.0
    160331 F51  0.1-  0.3+    160403 926  0.2+  0.4+    160423 291  0.2-  0.4+
    160331 F51  0.1-  0.3+    160403 691  0.8-  0.5-    160423 695  0.4+  0.1+
    160401 H21  0.2+  0.1-    160403 691  0.4-  0.8-    160423 291  0.3-  0.4-
    160401 H21  0.1+  0.3-    160403 926  0.0   0.3+    160423 291  1.2+  1.2-
    160401 H21  0.1+  0.5-    160403 926  0.0   0.0     160429 291  0.2+  0.2-
    160401 691  0.6+  0.1+    160404 691  1.3-  0.7+    160429 291  0.7-  0.2-
    160401 691  0.3-  0.8-    160404 691  0.6+  0.8+    160429 291  0.4+  0.0
    160401 691  0.8+  0.7-    160410 691  0.6+  0.0     160504 291  0.4+  0.4+
    160401 926  0.4-  0.2-    160410 691  1.2+  0.4-    160504 291  1.0-  0.6+
    160401 926  0.9+  0.6-    160410 I52  0.4-  0.5+    160504 291  0.2-  0.2-
    160401 926  0.1-  0.4+    160410 691  0.1-  0.9-    160511 291  0.0   0.1-
    160401 568  0.3-  0.2+    160410 I52  0.4+  0.2+    160511 291  0.1+  0.1+
    160401 568  0.4-  0.2+    160410 I52  0.5-  0.3-    160511 291  0.4+  0.4+
    160401 568  0.4-  0.2+    160420 568  0.1-  0.0     170720 T14  0.0   0.0
    160402 926  0.1+  0.9+    160420 568  0.0   0.0     170720 T14  0.0   0.0
    160402 926  0.2+  0.7-    160421 695  0.8+  0.4+    170720 T14  0.0   0.0
    160402 926  0.1-  0.3+    160421 695  0.0   0.4+    170721 T14  0.0   0.1+
    160402 291  0.2-  0.2+    160421 695  0.1+  1.0+    170721 T14  0.0   0.0
    
    Ephemeris:
    2016 FC15                a,e,i = 1.50, 0.39, 5                   q = 0.9082
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2017 06 22    00 32 57.0 +10 06 07   1.4576  1.6109    79.1    38.3    24.6
    ...
    2017 07 07    01 08 36.6 +14 27 23   1.2659  1.5321    83.6    41.3    24.3
    ...
    2017 07 15    01 29 28.6 +16 51 19   1.1680  1.4881    85.6    42.9    24.1
    ...
    2017 07 21    01 46 15.2 +18 40 45   1.0971  1.4542    86.9    44.2    23.9
    2017 07 22    01 49 09.5 +18 59 03   1.0855  1.4485    87.1    44.5    23.9
    2017 07 23    01 52 05.7 +19 17 22   1.0740  1.4428    87.3    44.7    23.9
    ...
    2017 07 29    02 10 28.6 +21 07 09   1.0066  1.4081    88.3    46.1    23.7
    ...
    2017 08 06    02 37 20.4 +23 31 27   0.9216  1.3610    89.2    48.2    23.5
    ...
    2017 08 21    03 37 10.7 +27 38 11   0.7803  1.2710    89.4    52.7    23.1
    
    A. U. Tomatic                (C) Copyright 2017 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2017-O29
    

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