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Old 02-01-2011, 01:26 AM
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3 months of observing and 2 very slow spinning Asteroids

Technically they should not exist. After 3 months of observing these targets I have one sitting on 1332 hrs and the other at 622 hrs (oh and a 3rd at a paltry 54hrs)

The theory says that the solar system is not old enough for 'normal' damping to have applied to slow them this far and so far only tumblers have been seen with such slow spin rates but these 2 do not exhibit the traits associated with tumblers (lightcurve wise)

What a dilema. I have to report on my findings but with no explaination for my results other than they could be wrong....

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