[IAUC] CBET 957: 20070510 : (1830) POGSON

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 957
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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(1830) POGSON
     D. Higgins, Canberra, Australia; P. Pravec and P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov
Observatory; J. Oey, Leura, N.S.W., Australia; and D. Pray, Carbuncle Hill
Observatory, Greene, RI, report that photometric observations obtained
during Apr. 18 to May 9 reveal that minor planet (1830) is a binary system
with an orbital period of 24.240 +/- 0.005 hr.  The primary shows a period
of 2.5702 +/- 0.0001 hr, and it has a lightcurve amplitude of 0.12 mag.
Mutual eclipse/occultation events that are 0.08- to 0.22-mag deep indicate
a lower limit on the secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.32.


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2007 May 10                      (CBET 957)               Daniel W. E. Green