Rotation Period Determination for 180 Garumna: A Triumph of Global Collaboration
Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that 180 Garumna has a very nearly Earth-synchronous rotation period of 23.86 hours, with only a small part of the lightcurve sampled at a single location. A global collaboration among observers from four continents, East Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America produced the first ever lightcurve with full phase coverage that shows a definitive synodic rotation period 23.866 ± 0.001 h, amplitude 0.42 ± 0.02 mag.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- April 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012MPBu...39...46P