16009 1999 CM8

16009 1999 CM8 is a main-belt asteroid discovered by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi in 1999. A total of 577 data points were obtained over 11 nights during the period 2013 November 1 – 23 as the solar phase angle increased from +5.5° to +16.0°. The average magnitude was 15.0 and average SNR was 72 The lightcurve shows a period of 16.70 h ± 0.01 h and amplitude of 0.65 ± 0.02 mag, suggesting that the asteroid rotated 31 times during the period of observation. These findings were published in the Minor Planet Bulletin, Volume 41, Number 3, 2014July - September.