Asteroid 2841 Puijo


Asteroid 2841 Puijo is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on 26 February, 1943 by L. Oterma at Turku. The semi-major axis is 2.16 AU and the eccentricity is 0.084 and the inclination is 4.91 degrees.

I observed this asteroid on 3 nights during February and March 2004. A period of 12.72 hours was derived however this result is very uncertain as the data was quite noisy. It is possible that the period is much shorter.



Lightcurve results for Asteroid 2841 Puijo.
Derived period 12.72 +/- 0.01 hours. Amplitude 0.15 +/- 0.05 magnitude.