Timandra (
minor planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet). Such designation always features a leading number (catalog or ...
: 603 Timandra) is a
minor planet orbiting the
Sun that was discovered by American astronomer
Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 16, 1906, in
Taunton, Massachusetts.
Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in
Las Cruces, New Mexico, during 2010 gave a
light curve with a long rotation period of 41.79 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.02 in
magnitude.
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