5425 VOJTECH: A NEW BINARY VESTOID.

Abstract

CCD photometry observations made in 2015 October and November of the Vestoid asteroid 5425 Vojtech showed it to be binary. The primary lightcurve has a period of 2.64759 ± 0.000004 h and an amplitude 0.27 ± 0.02 mag. The orbital period of the satellite is 25.43 ± 0.02 h. Based on mutual events ranging from 0.05 to 0.09 mag, the estimated effective diameter ratio of the two bodies is Ds/Dp ≥ 0.22 ± 0.02.