708 Raphaela is a
minor planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor ...
orbiting the
Sun.
Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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during 2007 produced a
light curve with a period of 20.918 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.45 ± 0.02 in
magnitude.
References
External links
Lightcurve plot of 708 Raphaela Palmer Divide Observatory,
B. D. Warner (2007)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) query form
)
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
– Minor Planet Center
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000708
Discoveries by Joseph Helffrich
Named minor planets
000708
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