2696 Magion

Magion
Discovery
Discovered by Ladislav Brožek
Discovery site Klet
Discovery date April 16, 1980
Designations
MPC designation 2696
1980 HB
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.7283728
Perihelion 2.1740888
Eccentricity 0.1130624
1401.7634262
190.32446
Inclination 25.33669
186.31644
283.33393
Physical characteristics
Albedo 0.0687
12.00

    2696 Magion (1980 HB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 16, 1980 by Ladislav Brožek at Kleť. Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2007 at the Modra Observatory in Slovakia showed a light curve with a period of roughly 480 ± 6 hours and a brightness variation of 0.31 in magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. Galad, Adrian; Kornos, Leonard; Gajdos, Stefan (2009), "Lightcurves of Eight Selected Asterois from Modra", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (1): 13–15, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...13G, retrieved 2013-02-03.

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