618 Elfriede is a
minor planet orbiting the
Sun. On July 24, 2013, it occulted the magnitude 12.8 star 2UCAC 23949304, over parts of
Mexico and southwestern
United States.
Asteroid Occultation - (618) Elfriede
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Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period
The rotation period of a celestial object (e.g., star, gas giant, planet, moon, asteroid) may refer to its sidereal rotation period, i.e. the time that the object takes to complete a single revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the ...
of 14.85 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 ± 0.02 magnitude.
References
External links
Lightcurve plot of 618 Elfriede
Palmer Divide Observatory, '' B. D. Warner'' (2006)
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
query form
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
Google books
– Minor Planet Center
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Discoveries by Karl Lohnert
Named minor planets
000618
19061017
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