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LIGHTCURVE OF 2717 TELLERVO Raab, H. Astrometrica software, version 4.6.6.394.

http://www.astrometrica.at/
Angelo Tomassini, Maurizio Scardella, Gianni La Caprara
Associazione Tuscolana di Astronomia, D06 Warner, B.D. (2006). A Practical Guide to Lightcurve Photometry
Osservatorio Astronomico F. Fuligni and Analysis. Springer, New York.
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Photometric data of 2717 Tellervo asteroid was

collected over 17 nights between June and August 2012.
The synodic rotation period of 8.428 ± 0.0029 h and
Amplitude A = 0.43 mag have been determined and the
phase curve parameters have been also computed: H =
12.486 ± 0.071, G = 0.252 ± 0.057.

2717 Tellervo is a main-belt asteroid with a well known

astrometric definition but with no reliable photometric data
available. Observations were made at the F. Fuligni Observatory,
30 Km far from Rome (Italy), during a two months campaign. The
equipment used included a 0.35 m f/10 Ritchey-Chrétien telescope
on GM2000 German equatorial mount and SBIG ST8-XE CCD Figure 1. 2717 Tellervo Lightcurve
camera. All images were taken through a Bessel V filter with
different exposure times depending on the visibility conditions.
The images were flat-corrected and dark-subtracted and aligned
using Maxim DL5. Photometric data have been then extracted by
means of Astrometrica software (Raab 2011). The following
lightcurve generation and period analysis were executed using
MPO Canopus (MPO Software).

Phase Curve and H-G Parameters

The 17 observation sessions have been considered to cover a

phase angle between 3.6 and 31 degrees. This span of phase angle
allowed to find reliable values for the Absolute Magnitude (Hv =
12.486 ± 0.071) and for the G Parameter (G=0.252 ± 0.057)
associated with asteroids of taxonomic class S (Stony). The
synodic period analysis has shown a value of 8.428 ± 0.0030 h and
Amplitude of 0.43 mag.

Diameter and axes ratio estimation. From absolute magnitude and

Figure 2. 2717 Tellervo phase curve
assuming a geometric Albedo pv = 0,20, we estimated a diameter
of

D = 1329∙10-0.2Hv/pv1/2 = 9.4 Km.

Finally from the brightness amplitude was possible infer the

minimum value for principal axes ratio

a/b = 10 (A(0)/2.5) = 1.49.

References

BDW Publishing. MPO Canopus Software, version 10.4.1.2.

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