[Iaude] CBET 5376: (6974) SOLTI

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 5376
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(6974) SOLTI
     V. Benishek, Belgrade Astronomical Observatory; P. Pravec, Ondrejov
Observatory; and R. Durkee, Shed of Science South Observatory, Pontotoc, TX,
U.S.A., report that photometric observations taken with a 0.35-m telescope at
the Sopot Observatory in Serbia and a 0.50-m telescope at the Shed of Science
South Observatory during Feb. 1-Mar. 8 reveal that minor planet (6974) is a
binary system with an orbital period of 49.52 +/- 0.04 hr.  The primary shows
a period of 2.55181 +/- 0.00007 hr and has a light-curve amplitude of 0.23
magnitude at solar phases 4-5 degrees. Mutual eclipse/occultation events that
are 0.08 magnitude deep indicate a lower limit on the secondary-to-primary
mean-diameter ratio of 0.28.


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