3893 DeLaeter
3893 DeLaeter (1980 FG12) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1980 by M. P. Candy at the Perth Observatory. The object was named after the retired Australian scientist John Robert de Laeter. It is a member of the Hungaria family of asteroids.[1]
Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California give a synodic rotation period of 13.83 ± 0.01 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.06 in magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephens, Robert D. (March 2004), "Photometry of 683 Lanzia, 1101 Clematis, 1499 Pori, 1507 Vaasa, and 3893 DeLaeter", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 31 (1): 4–6, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....4S.
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- 3892 Dezsö
- 3893 DeLaeter
- 3894 Williamcooke
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