[IAUC] CBET 2766: 20110716 : (2691) SERSIC

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2766
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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(2691) SERSIC
     J. Oey, Leura, N.S.W., Australia; P. Pravec and P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov
Observatory; N. Morales and A. Thirouin, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia;
J. Pollock, Appalachian State University; and D. E. Reichart, K. M. Ivarsen,
J. B. Haislip, and A. LaCluyze, Physics and Astronomy Department, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, report that photometric observations taken
during 2011 June 3-July 7 reveal that minor planet (2691) is a binary system
with an orbital period of 26.81 +/- 0.01 hr.  The primary light-curve
component shows a period of 3.8811 +/- 0.0003 hr and it has an amplitude of
0.21 mag.  Observed mutual eclipse/occultation events were up to 0.45-mag
deep.  From a depth of the secondary event, they estimate a lower limit on
the secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.43 +/- 0.02.


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2011 July 16                     (CBET 2766)              Daniel W. E. Green