(605911) Cecily = 2016 XD1 (Amor - NEO Discovery)
Object Number:
(605911) Cecily = 2016 XD1
Orbit Type:
Amor, Near-Earth Object
MPC Info Page:
Interactive Orbit:
Object Images:

12/3/16

12/4/16

12/19/16



Image of K16X01D on the 2018 apparition shot Sept 2nd.
Object Orbit Diagram (click to enlarge):

Object Observations:
Obs sent to MPC. Mean resid .31
K16X01D KC2016 12 03.22149 04 34 51.05 +49 25 08.9 19.8 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 03.24224 04 34 48.98 +49 24 52.1 20.1 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 03.25970 04 34 47.33 +49 24 37.7 19.6 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 03.26720 04 34 46.55 +49 24 31.3 20.0 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.14144 04 33 29.16 +49 11 37.9 19.8 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.14430 04 33 28.84 +49 11 34.6 19.6 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.14716 04 33 28.61 +49 11 32.7 19.8 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.15002 04 33 28.39 +49 11 30.5 19.5 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.15288 04 33 28.13 +49 11 28.4 19.8 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.15574 04 33 27.84 +49 11 25.6 19.9 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 04.17077 04 33 26.38 +49 11 12.2 19.8 V V03
Follow up obs from Jost Jahn observatory C95
K16X01D KC2016 12 06.73797 04 29 35.93 +48 28 55.5 19.3 V C95 K16X01D KC2016 12 06.81361 04 29 28.92 +48 27 39.4 19.6 V C95
Follow up by myself
K16X01D KC2016 12 10.05908 04 24 43.01 +47 24 32.9 18.7 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 10.07564 04 24 41.60 +47 24 12.3 18.8 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 18.05939 04 14 20.77 +44 06 18.6 19.7 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 18.06424 04 14 20.40 +44 06 10.9 19.7 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 19.08837 04 13 13.72 +43 36 50.0 19.2 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 19.09613 04 13 13.19 +43 36 37.0 19.4 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 27.08932 04 06 53.11 +39 23 25.6 19.3 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 27.09300 04 06 52.96 +39 23 18.4 19.3 V V03 K16X01D KC2016 12 27.09667 04 06 52.84 +39 23 11.0 19.2 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 18.08136 04 13 42.00 +26 40 40.5 19.5 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 18.08923 04 13 42.38 +26 40 25.0 19.5 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 22.07439 04 18 22.70 +24 33 23.1 19.4 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 22.08008 04 18 23.08 +24 33 12.2 V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 22.08592 04 18 23.49 +24 33 01.8 V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 29.11234 04 28 39.92 +21 05 42.6 19.0 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 29.11528 04 28 40.19 +21 05 37.8 19.1 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 01 29.11897 04 28 40.53 +21 05 31.8 19.4 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 02 15.08996 05 01 56.35 +14 15 19.4 19.8 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 02 15.09356 05 01 56.80 +14 15 15.5 20.2 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 02 15.09715 05 01 57.24 +14 15 10.8 20.4 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 03 02.10518 05 38 07.26 +09 41 25.0 20.1 V V03 K16X01D KC2017 03 02.10983 05 38 07.99 +09 41 21.2 V03
Object Other Info:
Possible NEO I found on 12/3/16. Perihelion distance of 1.257 au +/- 0.002, absolute magnitude of 19.4, very likely an NEO with a diameter over 300 meters.
Update: This has been officially confirmed as a near-earth object. It had appeared on the NEOCP for a short time as XXBA7C7 which was then linked up with K16X01D
Update: About 6 years after finding this NEO it was numbered and I was able to propose a name for it. I named it after my wife, Cecily.
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