[IAUC] CBET 1165: 20071212 : (3673) LEVY

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1165
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(3673) LEVY
     D. Pray, Carbuncle Hill Observatory, Greene, RI, U.S.A.; P. Pravec and P.
Kusnirak, Ondrejov Observatory; and R. Stephens, Goat Mountain Astronomical
Research Station, Yucca Valley, CA, U.S.A., report that photometric
observations obtained during Dec. 5-9 reveal that minor planet (3673) is a
binary system with an orbital period of 21.6 hr.  The primary shows a period
of 2.6879 +/- 0.0005 hr, and it has a lightcurve amplitude of 0.13 mag,
suggesting a nearly spheroidal shape.  Mutual eclipse/occultation events
indicate a secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.28 +/- 0.03.  The
system's parameters need to be refined with further observations.


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2007 December 12                 (CBET 1165)              Daniel W. E. Green