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618 Elfriede is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. On July 24, 2013, it occulted the magnitude 12.8 star 2UCAC 23949304, over parts of Mexico and southwestern United States.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 14.85 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 ± 0.02 magnitude.

References

1. (German Names)
2. "618 Elfriede (1906 VZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
3. Asteroid Occultation - (618) Elfriede
4. Carbo, Landy; et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.

External links

• Lightcurve plot of 618 Elfriede, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006)
• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
• 618 Elfriede at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 618 Elfriede at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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• Ursula asteroids
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• Discoveries by Karl Lohnert
• Named minor planets
• C-type asteroids (Tholen)
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1906
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