Electronic Telegram No. 5560
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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(4350) SHIBECHA
     J. F. Gout, Tree Gate Farm observatory, Starkville, MS, USA; and M.
Conjat, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, report that photometric observations
taken with two telescopes (a 0.28-m telescope at Starkville, and a 0.40-m
telescope at the Nice Observatory) during 2025 Apr. 1-May. 29 reveal that
minor planet (4350) is a binary system with an orbital period of 24.992 +/-
0.005 hr.  The primary shows a period of 2.89040 +/- 0.00007 hr with a
light-curve amplitude of 0.18 mag at solar phases 4-22 degrees.  Mutual
eclipse/occultation events that are 0.11 to 0.2 magnitude deep indicate a
lower limit on the secondary-to-primary mean-diameter ratio of 0.33.


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2025 June 2                      (CBET 5560)              Daniel W. E. Green