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Christopher Kyba 馃嚚馃嚘馃嚜馃嚭
@skyglowberlin@fediscience.org  路  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

I'm very pleased with this observation of the light curve of the asteroid Eros that I took a few nights ago. It rotates with a period of about 5 hours, so it gets (slightly) brighter and darker over time if you observe it long enough.

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Image that shows the result of observations of the asteroid Eros. At right is a circle showing the field of view with a dashed line showing where the asteroid traveled, and at the bottom is a light curve that looks vaguely like a sine wave with two gaps where I looked at some other object.
Image that shows the result of observations of the asteroid Eros. At right is a circle showing the field of view with a dashed line showing where the asteroid traveled, and at the bottom is a light curve that looks vaguely like a sine wave with two gaps where I looked at some other object.
Image that shows the result of observations of the asteroid Eros. At right is a circle showing the field of view with a dashed line showing where the asteroid traveled, and at the bottom is a light curve that looks vaguely like a sine wave with two gaps where I looked at some other object.
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