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618 Elfriede

618 Elfriede

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618 Elfriede is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On July 24, 2013, it occulted the magnitude 12.8 star 2UCAC 23949304, over parts of Mexico and southwestern United States.[3]

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Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 14.85 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 ± 0.02 magnitude.[4]

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    (German Names)
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    "618 Elfriede (1906 VZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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    Asteroid Occultation - (618) Elfriede
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    Carbo, Landy; et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.


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