1010 Marlene

1010 Marlene
Discovery
Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery date November 12, 1923[1]
Designations
MPC designation 1010 Marlene[1]
1923 PF[1]
Main-belt asteroid
Physical characteristics
1.298[1]

    1010 Marlene is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on November 12, 1923 and assigned a provisional designation was 1923 PF. It was later named after Marlene Dietrich, with the 1010 identifier indicating the order of the minor planet discovery. Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 31.06 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Warner, Brian D. (2005), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - winter 2004-2005", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 32 (3): 54–58, retrieved 2013-02-03.