Broad-Band Photometry of the Potenially Hazardous Asteroid 2002 LV.
Abstract
The Near-Earth Asteroid 2002 LV was discovered by the LINEAR survey on June 01 2002. With a likely effective diameter of between 1.2 < D < 1.7 km, and a Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance MOID = 0.027 AU, the object has been designated as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid by the Minor Planet Center. We took advantage of its well-placed 2009 apparition to obtain Bessel BVRI colors and rotational light-curve information over the course of three nights at the JPL Table Mountain 0.6-m telescope (TMO), as illustrated in Figures 1-3 [<a href='http://tmoa.jpl.nasa.gov/2002_LV_Figures.htm#Figure1'
>1</a>][<a href='http://tmoa.jpl.nasa.g ov/2002_LV_Figures.htm#Figure2'>2</a>][<a href='http://tmoa.jpl.nasa.gov/2002_LV_Figures.htm#Figure3'>3</a>] and summarized in Table 1.- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- July 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009ATel.2134....1H
- Keywords:
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- Optical;
- Request for Observations;
- Asteroids;
- Planets;
- Planets (minor);
- Solar System Objects