Electronic Telegram No. 5044
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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(17081) JAYTEE
     F. Vachier, Observatoire de Paris; P. Pravec and P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov
Observatory; V. Chiorny, Kharkiv Observatory; J. Oey, Blue Mountains
Observatory, Leura, NSW, Australia; R. Durkee, Shed of Science South
Observatory, Pontotoc, TX, U.S.A.; V. Benishek, Belgrade Astronomical
Observatory; and P. Thierry, A. Klotz, and J. Berthier, Observatoire des
Makes, Reunion, report that photometric observations taken with a 0.6-m
telescope at the Observatoire des Makes, a 0.70-m telescope at the Chuguev
station of the Kharkiv Observatory in Ukraine, a 0.35-m telescope at the
Blue Mountains Observatory, a 0.50-m telescope at the Shed of Science South
Observatory, and a 0.35-m telescope at the Sopot Observatory in Serbia during
July 30-Sept. 11 reveal that minor planet (17081) is a binary system with an
orbital period of 16.342 +/- 0.010 hr.  The primary shows a period of 2.8818
+/- 0.0002 hr and has a lightcurve amplitude of 0.17 mag at solar phases 3-8
degrees, suggesting a nearly spheroidal shape.  Mutual eclipse/occultation
events that are 0.07 to 0.14 magnitude deep indicate a lower limit on the
secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.26.


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