(27568) 2000 Pt6: a New Hungaria Binary.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Analysis of CCD photometric observations of the Hungaria asteroid (27568) 2000 PT6 shows that the asteroid is a binary system. The primary has period of 3.4885 ± 0.0002 h. No mutual events were observed, i.e., occultations or eclipses. However, there is a strong secondary period with a bimodal lightcurve of 16.356 ± 0.003 h. This secondary lightcurve indicates a slightly elongated satellite of somewhat irregular shape that may be tidally-locked to its orbital period. The discovery of the satellite led to a revision of previous results from 2011.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Brian D Warner, Robert D Stephens
Language: English
Topic: Astro and Planetary Science
Subfield: Space and Planetary Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2990085655