[IAUC] CBET 4033: 20141208 : (3841) DICICCO

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 4033
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director:  Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
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(3841) DICICCO
     D. A. Klinglesmith, Etscorn Campus Observatory, Socorro, NM, U.S.A.; L.
Franco, Balzaretto Observatory; and P. Pravec, Ondrejov Obseratory, report
that photometric observations obtained during Nov. 21-Dec. 1 reveal that minor
planet (3841) is a binary system with an orbital period of 21.63 +/- 0.02 hr.
The primary shows a period of 3.5949 +/- 0.0002 hr, and it has a lightcurve
amplitude of 0.18 mag, suggesting a nearly spheroidal shape.  The secondary is
rotating synchronously, and its rotational component in the combined
(primary + secondary) lightcurve has an amplitude of 0.03 mag.  Mutual
eclipse/occultation events that are 0.08- to 0.15-magnitude deep indicate a
lower limit on the secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.28.


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2014 December 8                  (CBET 4033)              Daniel W. E. Green