LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS OF NEA (154244) 2002 KL6: A POTENTIAL NEW BINARY ASTEROID.

Abstract

Analysis of CCD photometric observations of near-Earth asteroid (154244) 2002 KL6 indicate that it may be a binary system. The presumed primary has a synodic rotation period of 4.60869 ± 0.00005 h and lightcurve amplitude of 0.65 ± 0.03 mag. The presumed satellite has an orbital period of 24.05 ± 0.02 h and maximum lightcurve amplitude of 0.07 mag. The secondary lightcurve showed no mutual events and seems to indicate that the satellite's rotation is tidally locked to its orbital period.