Analysis of the Lightcurves of 198 Ampella and 2008 SV11
Abstract
We report on our collaborations to obtain photometric data on two asteroids. 198 Ampella, a main-belt object, was observed to check previously reported periods. We found a synodic period of 20.778 ± 0.003 h, which is double that of the most reliable of those previous results. The near-Earth asteroid 2008 SV11 was observed in support of radar observations. We found a period of 32.4 ± 0.1 h. However, the shape of the lightcurve was very unusual and so the period remains in some doubt. Radar observations indicate a strongly bifurcated body.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- October 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009MPBu...36..164W