The negative image of very interesting transneptunian object
1996 TL66
(semimajor axis 85 AU, inclination 24 deg., eccentricity 0.59)
was taken at the Klet' Observatory
on 1997 February 1 with 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector
equipped with CCD camera SBIG ST-8
and is 180 second exposure (17:51:09 - 17:54:09 UT).
The field of view is 5 to 3.5 arcminutes with north to the
top and west to the right. 1996 TL66 is arrowed.
Observers Jana Ticha and Milos Tichy.
For our astrometric measurement of this object see
MPEC 1997-C12.
These positions were the first observations of an transneptunian object
made in the Czech Republic.