[IAUC] CBET 3755: 20131216 : (3905) DOPPLER

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 3755
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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(3905) DOPPLER
     L. Franco, Rome, Italy; M. Hayes-Gehrke, A. Bartek, T. Basile, B. Bent,
E. Garcia, R. Greenebaum, S. L. Min, M. Maroulis, and N. Oliver, Department of
Astronomy, University of Maryland; and P. Pravec, Ondrejov Observatory, report
that photometric observations obtained during Oct. 20-Dec. 5 reveal that the
minor planet (3905) is a synchronous binary system with a period of 50.8 hr
(error < 0.1 hr).  A combined rotation-plus-eclipse lightcurve has a full
amplitude of 1.22 mag, and observed mutual events indicate a lower limit on
the secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.77.


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2013 December 16                 (CBET 3755)              Daniel W. E. Green