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218144 2002 RL66 (2009)

MPC Designation: 2002 RL66
Lightcurves Period (h): 588. ± 10.
Amplitude (mag): 0.25 ± 0.02
Equipment:

 

Filter: C
MagBand: R
Telescope: 0.35m f/9.1 SCT
Camera: SBIG STL-1001E
Exposure: 240

 

Obs. Details

Date              E Mag   Phase  PABL   PABB
2009-11-18 07:00  16.20   27.3   76.4   26.9
2009-11-19 07:00  16.19   27.3   76.7   27.2
2009-11-20 07:00  16.17   27.2   76.9   27.5
2009-11-21 07:00  16.16   27.2   77.2   27.9
2009-11-22 07:00  16.15   27.2   77.5   28.2
2009-11-23 07:00  16.14   27.2   77.8   28.5
2009-11-24 07:00  16.13   27.2   78.0   28.9
2009-11-25 07:00  16.12   27.2   78.3   29.2
2009-11-26 07:00  16.11   27.2   78.6   29.5
2009-11-27 07:00  16.11   27.3   78.9   29.8
2009-11-28 07:00  16.10   27.3   79.1   30.1
2009-11-30 07:00  16.09   27.4   79.7   30.7
2009-12-01 07:00  16.09   27.5   79.9   30.9
2009-12-10 07:00  16.08   28.3   82.3   33.2
2009-12-11 07:00  16.08   28.5   82.6   33.5
2010-01-09 07:00  16.33   32.7   91.6   36.8
2010-01-10 07:00  16.34   32.8   91.9   36.9
2010-01-11 07:00  16.35   33.0   92.3   36.9
2010-02-13 07:00  16.82   35.9  106.6   34.0

Data Points: 1348
Discovered: 2002-09-06  Socorro  LINEAR
Family/Group: Mars-crosser
Taxonomic Class: S (Assumed)
Published: MPB 37, 109-11
MPB 37, 54-64
NOTES: Unless otherwise stated, the "Reduced Magnitudes" in the plots are Cousins R, based on 2MASS to BVRI conversions (Warner, MPB 34, 113-119)

Collaboration with P. Pravec, P. Kusnirak, A.W. Harris.

This was the first of at least two asteroids found to have a very long period with a short-period, low-amplitude curve superimposed on the data.

 

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