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Lightcurve - (noun) - In astronomy, a graph showing the variation in brightness of an astronomical object over time, often used to study properties of asteroids, variable stars, or other celestial bodies
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The lightcurve however showed very little variation.
The asteroid has an ambiguous lightcurve.
Elsa has very amplified lightcurve indicating an elongated or irregular body.
Pravec is a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve photometric studies.
Here is the lightcurve obtained by combining data from different observers and instruments.
An alternative period solution of a bimodal lightcurve is considered less likely.
The recording of the lightcurve continues during and for a short time after the predicted event.
They also calculated the first non-convex shape model, based on lightcurve and stellar occultation data.
The asteroid 's lightcurve has also been modeled twice.
A shape model of Nausikaa has been constructed, also based on the lightcurve data.
However, no rotational lightcurve could be obtained.
The lightcurve of the event then shows a typical signature, a planetary deviation.
Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes " PDF.
In 1979 a possible satellite of Antigone was suggested based on lightcurve data.
The asteroid 's lightcurve has also been modeled several times.
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Observations by the Italian, Lorenzo Franco, confirmed the lightcurve came from a binary asteroid.
The lightcurve has a quality code of 3.
In February 2011, a fragmentary and inconclusive rotational lightcurve was obtained for this asteroid.
A modeled lightcurve derived from combined dense and sparse photometric data was published in 2013.
Quality code is 2 lightcurve rating at CS3.
A rotational lightcurve of Severny was obtained by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi in March 2005.
In addition, no rotational lightcurve has been obtained of Járacimrman as of 2017.
Based on lightcurve studies observing Maritima over a three-month period, Maritima has a rotation period of 1332 hours.
In the 1990s, a fragmentary rotational lightcurve of Roddenberry was obtained from photometric observations by Richard Binzel.
A first rotational lightcurve of Memnon was obtained by American astronomer Richard Binzel in the early 1980s.
As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve has been obtained from photometric observations.
The obtained bimodal lightcurve gave a somewhat shorter period of 440 hours and an amplitude of 0.7 magnitude.
Since the 1970s, several rotational lightcurve of Geographos have been obtained from photometric observations.
In November 2004, another lightcurve of Kosmodemyanskaya was obtained by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi.
In 2005 it was reported that lightcurve observations indicate the possibility of a moon orbiting Brorfelde.
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Bésixdouze has been obtained from photometric observations.
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Michela has been obtained from photometric observations.
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Astronautica has been obtained from photometric observations.
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Witt has been obtained from photometric observations.
As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve of Pink Floyd has been obtained from photometric observations.
In October 2015, a rotational lightcurve of Zambesia was obtained by a group of Spanish astronomers.
In the late 1970s, a rotational lightcurve of Bardwell was obtained by American astronomer Edward Tedesco.
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.10 and calculates a diameter of 401 kilometers.
In October 2015, another lightcurve was obtained by French amateur astronomer Pierre Antonini.
A second, tentative lightcurve was obtained by French astronomer René Roy in July 2007.
In March 2011, a rotational lightcurve of Utra was obtained from photometric observations by astronomer Luis E. Martinez.
