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Two Periods of 1999 HF1-Another Binary NEA Candidate

Publication |
2002

Abstract

Photometric observations of 1999 HF1 reveal that its lightcurve has two components of low amplitudes and different periods (2.32 and 14.02 h). It is another binary near-Earth asteroid; its lower limit on the secondary-to-primary-diameter ratio is ~0.2.