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Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 131, Number 1, July 1998
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| Page(s) | 55 - 62 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998425 | |
| Published online | 15 July 1998 | |
Physical studies of asteroids*
XXXIII. The spin rate of M-type asteroids
1
Astronomiska Observatoriet, Box 515, S-752 20 Uppsala, Sverige
2
Astronomical Observatory, 35 Sumskaya Str., 310022 Kharkiv, Ukraine
3
Institute of Planetary Exploration, DLR, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany
4
Observatory, P.O. Box 14, FIN–00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
Send offprint request to: C.-I. Lagerkvist
Received:
12
December
1997
Accepted:
30
January
1998
The results from photometric lightcurve observations of nine M-type asteroids
are presented. New rotation
periods were
determined for 6 asteroids: 217 Eudora (12.54 h), 322 Phaeo (17.56 h),
572 Rebekka (5.65 h), 757 Portland (6.58 h), 857 Glasenappia (8.23 h) and
872 Holda (7.20 h). 
colour measurements
of seventeen previously unclassified asteroids add seven asteroids to
the known M-type population.
An excess of fast rotators among
M-type asteroids compared to asteroids of other taxonomic types is evident.
The six asteroids
with slow spin rates, but hitherto classified as M, are shown to have
classification parameters untypical for the M-type population.
Key words: asteroids
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1998