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2134 Dennispalm

2134 Dennispalm

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2134 Dennispalm, provisional designation 1976 YB is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 24, 1976, by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory.[6][7]

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Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Carbuncle Hill Observatory near Providence, Rhode Island, give a synodic rotation period of 4.114 ± 0.002 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.37 ± 0.05 in magnitude.[7]

It is named in honor of C. Dennis Palm (1945–1974), who worked as a night assistant at Caltech's 48" Schmidt telescope on Palomar Mountain in the 1960s and later at Caltech's 60" reflecting telescope, also on Palomar. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 July 1979 (M.P.C. 4788).[2][8]

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    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2134 Dennispalm (1976 YB)" (2017-06-04 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2134) Dennispalm". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2134) Dennispalm. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 173. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2135. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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    Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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    "LCDB Data for (2134) Dennispalm". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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    Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (2134) Dennispalm". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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    "2134 Dennispalm (1976 YB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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    Pray, Donald P. (March 2004), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 1225, 1301, 2134, 2741, and 3974", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 31 (1): 6–8, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....6P.
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    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2009). "Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7.
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