1166 Sakuntala

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04 May 2011

Lightcurve

MPC Designation:

1166 Sakuntala (1930 MA)

Period (h):

P1 = 6.2924 h ± 0.0004 h

Amplitude (mag):

A1 = 0.46 mag ± 0.01 mag

Filter:

Clear (R)

Telescope:

0.35m SCT at f/9.4 and f/5

Camera:

SBIG STL1001e and ST-8e

Exposure:

60 s

Observation Details:

Date	Phase	PABL	PABB
2011/05/14 14:00:00	21.9	271.1	11.5
2011/06/06 14:00:00	13.2	274.4	8.8

Data Points:

137

Discovered:

27 June 1930 by P. Parchomenko at Simeis

Family/Group:

Main Belt

Taxonomic Class:

Published:

Minor Planet Bulletin

Notes

CALL Target. Previous period published at 6.3hrs U=2. Target located in the Milky Way, in a very dense star field but StarBgone seems to be coping well enough. Session 1 of the 14 May removed due to large noise in the data