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                       RA         Dec            Mag.
 2006-Jun-30 00:00     21 03 43.60 -09 15 05.9  15.15 
 2006-Jul-01 00:00     21 03 34.86 -09 18 06.1  15.12 
 2006-Jul-02 00:00     21 03 24.27 -09 21 21.6  15.09 
 2006-Jul-03 00:00     21 03 11.83 -09 24 52.5  15.06 
 2006-Jul-04 00:00     21 02 57.55 -09 28 38.7  15.03 
 2006-Jul-05 00:00     21 02 41.46 -09 32 40.5  15.00 
 2006-Jul-06 00:00     21 02 23.55 -09 36 57.7  14.96 
 2006-Jul-07 00:00     21 02 03.86 -09 41 30.3  14.93 
 2006-Jul-08 00:00     21 01 42.40 -09 46 18.4  14.90 
 2006-Jul-09 00:00     21 01 19.20 -09 51 21.8  14.87 
 2006-Jul-10 00:00     21 00 54.27 -09 56 40.6  14.84 
 2006-Jul-11 00:00     21 00 27.65 -10 02 14.6  14.80 
 2006-Jul-12 00:00     20 59 59.36 -10 08 03.8  14.77 
 2006-Jul-13 00:00     20 59 29.43 -10 14 08.0  14.74 
 2006-Jul-14 00:00     20 58 57.90 -10 20 27.1  14.70 
 2006-Jul-15 00:00     20 58 24.79 -10 27 00.9  14.67


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However, David Higgins has also been working on the light curve of (6406) 1992 MJ, and the binary nature of it is not so convincing...
Higgins light curve (11kb, 735 x 484)

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Silvano Casulli, Colleverde di Guidonia, Rome, Italy, and R. Behrend, Geneva Observatory, Switzerland, have reported that they have taken photometric measurements over three recent nights of the 14th magnitude near earth asteroid (6406) 1992 MJ.
They observed deep eclipses (~0.7 mag) with a period of 0.28 days that indicate that the object is probably a binary asteroid.

Image (11kb, 1024 x 768)

Astéroïde binaire, présentant des éclipses ou occultations.
Voir aussi (1089) Tama, (1313) Berna, (4492) Debussy, (854) Frostia, (90) Antiope et (1139) Atami

(6406) 1992MJ was discovered by Henry E. Holt at the University of Arizona on June 28, 1992.

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