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LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS OF THE NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID 2015 TB145
Brian D Warner1, Albino Carbognani2, Lorenzo Franco3
1Center for Solar System Studies-Palmer Divide Station 446 Sycamore Ave. Eaton, CO 80615 USA.
Abstract:
The near-Earth asteroid 2015 TB145 made a fly-by of Earth in 2015 October. We observed the NEA in support of radar observations planned for late October. Our data set of more than 1200 data points obtained from October 19-31 led to a solution of P = 2.938 ± 0.002 h and A = 0.13 ± 0.02 mag.
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