Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at CS3-Palmer Divide Station: 2014 January-March
Abstract
Lightcurves for 40 main-belt asteroids were obtained at the Center for Solar System Studies-Palmer Divide Station (CS3-PDS) from 2014 January through March. The majority of the objects were members of the Hungaria group/family. In many cases, the observations were follow-up to previous apparitions to check for the possibility of undiscovered satellites or to provide additional data for spin axis and shape modeling. One Hungaria, 5175 Ables, showed indications of a satellite in the form of having two periods. However, there were no decisive observations of mutual events due to a satellite. This makes the asteroid a possible, but not probable, binary.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- July 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014MPBu...41..144W