[IAUC] CBET 534: 20060602 : 2006 GY2

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 534
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2006 GY2
     L. A. M. Benner, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); M. C. Nolan,
Arecibo Observatory; M. K. Shepard, Bloomsburg University of
Pennsylvania; J. D. Giorgini and S. J. Ostro, JPL; M. W. Busch,
California Institute of Technology; and A. A. Hine, Arecibo Observatory,
report that Arecibo and Goldstone delay-Doppler radar observations of
2006 GY2 on May 15-16 show that this Apollo-type minor planet (cf.
MPEC 2006-G37) is a binary system.  Preliminary estimates for the
diameters are 400 m for the primary and 80 m for the secondary.  The
maximum orbital distance between the components is at least 500 m.


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2006 June 2                      (CBET 534)               Daniel W. E. Green