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3447 Burckhalter (2004)

MPC Designation: 1956 SC
Lightcurves Period (h): 60.0 ± 0.25
Amplitude (mag): 0.30 ± 0.02
Equipment:

 

Filter: C
MagBand: R
Telescope: 0.35m f/10 SCT
Camera: SBIG ST-9E
Exposure: 60

 

Obs. Details

Date              E Mag   Phase  PABL   PABB
2004-11-03 06:00  14.45   12.7   41.9   20.3
2004-11-04 06:00  14.45   12.8   41.9   20.4
2004-11-05 06:00  14.46   12.9   41.9   20.5
2004-11-06 06:00  14.46   13.0   42.0   20.6
2004-11-07 06:00  14.47   13.1   42.0   20.7
2004-11-08 06:00  14.48   13.3   42.0   20.9

Data Points: 715
Discovered: 1956-09-29  Brooklyn  Indiana University
Family/Group: Hungaria
Taxonomic Class: E
Published: MPB 32, 40-41
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 C. Bembrick.

Follow-up to 2001. Remeasured images from 2001 found P = 51 h. The data set from each of the two apparitions cannot be fit to the period derived from the other. The tumbling damping time (Pravec et al. 2005) is far too fast for tumbling to be the likely explanation for the different periods.

 

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