[IAUC] CBET 2592: 20101218 : (596) SCHEILA
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Electronic Telegram No. 2592
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A.
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(596) SCHEILA
L. A. Molnar, Calvin College, reports that photometric lightcurve
observations of the minor planet (596), taken on Dec. 14.30-14.54 and 15.33-
15.53 UT with the 0.40-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien telescope of the Calvin-Rehoboth
Observatory, folded on the rotational period of Warner (2006, Minor Planet
Bull. 33, 58-62) display a shape similar to those previous measurements with
an amplitude that is the same (0.09 magnitude). The average brightness was
observed to be a full magnitude above the expected value, as it has been since
the outburst was first observed on Dec. 3 (Warner and Harris, CBET 2590;
Larson, IAUC 9188). There are two models of the increased brightness:
reflection off material surrounding the solid object (as in a cometary
outburst) or increased albedo of the object's surface (caused by a coating of
lighter material). The cometary outburst model suggests a lightcurve
amplitude diminished by 2.5 times, and is thus disfavored. The albedo model
predicts no large change in amplitude, as is observed; it also predicts that
the enhanced brightness will persist indefinitely.
Corrigendum. On CBET 2590, first paragraph, line 16, FOR 2004-2005,
READ 2005-2006,
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2010 December 18 (CBET 2592) Daniel W. E. Green
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