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    M.P.E.C. 2023-S43                            Issued 2023 September 17, 17:35 UT

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                                2023 RO16                                


Observations:
     K23R16O*1C2023 09 06.21992422 24 47.200-01 30 12.10         21.27GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 06.22553822 24 46.768-01 30 41.33         21.29GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 06.23115322 24 46.422-01 31 12.68         21.02GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 06.23676822 24 46.048-01 31 43.03         21.52GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 07.24276822 24 53.010-03 01 14.20         21.99GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 07.24381022 24 52.967-03 01 19.52         21.60GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 07.24484022 24 52.870-03 01 24.31         22.34GVES043G96
     K23R16O 1C2023 09 07.24587022 24 52.798-03 01 30.43         21.31GVES043G96

Observer details:
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer A. R. Gibbs.  Measurers E. J. Christensen, D.
    Fay, J. B. Fazekas, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, H. Groeller, J.
    K. Hogan, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, D. Rankin, R. L.
    Seaman, A. Serrano, F. C. Shelly, K. W. Wierzchos.  1.5-m reflector + 10K
    CCD.

Orbital elements:
2023 RO16                                                Earth MOID = 0.0160 AU
Epoch 2023 Sept. 13.0 TT = JDT 2460200.5                Bell                    
M 149.33807              (2000.0)            P               Q                  
n   0.94306554     Peri.   30.22157     -0.94800780     +0.31806203             
a   1.0298520      Node   168.30901     -0.30165885     -0.88720686             
e   0.0201291      Incl.    3.06975     -0.10140585     -0.33421630             
P   1.05           H   28.14          G   0.15           U   9                  
Residuals in seconds of arc
230906 G96  0.1+  0.1-    230906 G96  0.1+  0.0     230907 G96  0.0   0.6+
230906 G96  0.7-  1.0+    230907 G96  0.1-  0.2-    230907 G96  0.0   0.0
230906 G96  0.1-  0.0     230907 G96  0.4+  0.0

Ephemeris:
2023 RO16                a,e,i = 1.03, 0.02, 3                   q = 1.0091
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase     V
2023 08 18    22 23 32.6 +27 10 44   0.03872 1.0418   138.5    40.1    22.8
...
2023 09 02    22 24 18.1 +05 02 26   0.03755 1.0456   166.0    13.5    21.9
...
2023 09 10    22 25 17.1 -06 53 52   0.04084 1.0473   168.5    11.1    22.0
...
2023 09 16    22 27 02.6 -14 18 12   0.04518 1.0483   160.2    18.9    22.5
2023 09 17    22 27 28.3 -15 22 13   0.04604 1.0484   158.8    20.3    22.6
2023 09 18    22 27 56.7 -16 23 15   0.04694 1.0486   157.3    21.7    22.7
...
2023 09 24    22 31 46.7 -21 28 33   0.05303 1.0493   149.2    29.3    23.1
...
2023 10 02    22 39 20.7 -25 53 04   0.06252 1.0500   140.4    37.4    23.7
...
2023 10 17    22 59 12.5 -28 58 22   0.08323 1.0504   128.3    48.2    24.7

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