Slowly Rotating Asteroid 1999 GU3

Abstract Optical and radar observations reveal that 1999 GU3 is sub-kilometer-sized object with a synodic period of 9.0 days, low visual and radar albedos, and colors more consistent with the ordinary chondrites than the vast majority of main-belt asteroids.

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