The Rotation Period of 4265 Kani and an Example of the Meridian Flip Problem
Abstract
Four nights of long observing runs on asteroid 4265 Kani between 2008 Oct 24 and Oct 31 have shown that it rotates with a period of 5.7279 ± 0.0002 h and that it exhibited a near-symmetrical lightcurve of amplitude 0.75 ± 0.02 mag. For one observing run, photometric accuracy was found to deteriorate following telescope reversal on crossing the meridian. The problem was associated with a skewed distribution of comparison stars and was corrected for in the final analysis.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- April 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009MPBu...36...66M