Unnumbered Asteroid 2016 NP21 (V03 Desig.)

Object Number: 
2016 NP21
MPC Info Page: 
MPC Info Page (link)
Interactive Orbit: 

Object Images: 

From 7/7/16

From 7/7/16

From 7/8/16

From 7/9/16

From 7/15/16

From 8/29/16

From 8/31/16

Object Orbit Diagram (click to enlarge): 
Object Observations: 

Observations sent to the MPC mean residual .36 Updated with Designation K16N21P

     K16N21P  C2016 07 07.29911 20 18 04.71 +09 23 17.2          20.9 V      V03
     K16N21P  C2016 07 07.30800 20 18 04.32 +09 23 10.3          20.9 V      V03
     K16N21P  C2016 07 07.32051 20 18 03.74 +09 23 00.9          20.5 V      V03
 
     K16N21P KC2016 07 08.23860 20 17 23.95 +09 11 31.5          20.4 V      V03
     K16N21P KC2016 07 08.27122 20 17 22.50 +09 11 07.1          20.9 V      V03
     K16N21P KC2016 07 08.28608 20 17 21.82 +09 10 55.8          20.3 V      V03
 
     K16N21P  C2016 07 09.20485 20 16 41.12 +08 59 01.8          21.6 V      V03
     K16N21P  C2016 07 09.21149 20 16 40.76 +08 58 57.4          19.1 V      V03
     K16N21P  C2016 07 09.22833 20 16 39.97 +08 58 43.4          20.6 V      V03
 
     K16N21P KC2016 07 15.22763 20 11 54.23 +07 31 18.5          21.0 V      V03
     K16N21P KC2016 07 15.26326 20 11 52.42 +07 30 44.6          21.2 V      V03
     K16N21P KC2016 07 15.28692 20 11 51.14 +07 30 22.2          20.5 V      V03
 
     K16N21P KC2016 08 29.15490 19 41 18.58 -08 45 50.9          20.5 V      V03
     K16N21P KC2016 08 29.16157 19 41 18.53 -08 46 00.0          20.8 V      V03
 
     K16N21P KC2016 08 31.15762 19 40 59.13 -09 29 53.2          21.2 V      V03
     K16N21P KC2016 08 31.18003 19 40 58.90 -09 30 22.6          20.3 V      V03

Object Other Info: 

Found this asteroid the night of 7/6/16 (Local Time). It appears to be a new main belt asteroid about 1km in diameter.

I'll be attempting recovery in 2019 as it should get to mag 20.9
2019 02 24 000000 10 42 35.1 +19 02 12 2.005 2.984 169.9 3.3 20.9 0.78 320.1

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