Light Curve of Minor Planet 1026 Ingrid (Poster abstract)

Volume 40 number 1 (2012)

Shelby Delos

Wheaton College, 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766; address correspondence to T. Barker; tbarker@wheatoncollege.edu

Gary Ahrendts

Wheaton College, 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766; address correspondence to T. Barker; tbarker@wheatoncollege.edu

Timothy Baker

Wheaton College, 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766; address correspondence to T. Barker; tbarker@wheatoncollege.edu

Abstract

(Abstract only) We have imaged minor planet 1026 Ingrid over the time period of July 29, 2011, to late September 2011, using the Wheaton College 0.25m telescope at Grove Creek Observatory in Australia via internet access. This telescope is equipped with a Santa Barbara Instrument Group STL-1001E CCD Camera, used with a clear filter. Over 1,000 30-second images were obtained and imported into the MPO Canopus software package for light curve analysis. Our preliminary estimate of the rotation period of 1026 Ingrid is 5.390 ± 0.001 hours, which is consistent with the previous estimate of 5.3 ± 0.3 hours (Székely, P., et al. 2005, Planet. Space Sci., 53, 925).