Minor Planet Bulletin

The Minor Planet Bulletin
BULLETIN OF THE MINOR PLANETS SECTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LUNAR AND PLANETARY OBSERVERS

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The Minor Planet Bulletin is the journal for almost all amateurs and even some professionals for publishing asteroid photometry results, including lightcurves, H-G parameters, color indexes, and shape/spin axis models. It is considered to be a refereed journal by the SAO/NASA ADS. All MPB papers are indexed in the ADS.

Print subscriptions are no longer available to individuals. Institutions (e.g., college libraries) can still obtain print copies via a special subscription. See details in MPB 37-4 or contact the editor, Richard Binzel.

Annual voluntary contributions of $5.00 or more in support of the publication are welcome.
Please send a check, drawn on a U.S. bank and payable in U.S. funds, to "Minor Planet Bulletin" and send it to:

Minor Planet Bulletin
c/o Melissa Hayes-Gehrke
UMD Astronomy Department
1113 PSC Bldg 415
College Park, MD 20742

Authors Guide and Word Templates (v.2.9: updated 2019 November 14)
The ZIP file contains the Authors Guide PDF as well as a "starter" paper in Word 97 (DOT) and Word 2007+ (DOTX).
Please read this updated guide since there are a number of changes from previous guides.

The Pts column is no longer required and has been removed from the template for the standard table
to allow more room for the other columns.
The phase column should have only two values: for the first and last date in the range.
If the phase reaches an extrema between those dates, put an asterisk before the first value. For example,
*7.2,13.7.
Use semicolons to separate names in the references section. For example:
Smith, J.J.; Jones, A.A. (2019).
This also applies if using several references to the same author in the text. For example:
"This asteroid was observed at three previous apparitions (Jones, 2015; 2017; 2018)..."

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Issue 28-4 (2001 Oct-Dec)
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Collaborative Photometry of 1135 Colchis, March and April 2001
Pages 61
Stephens, R. D.; Malcolm, G.
2001MPBu...28...61S Download PDF

Automated Minor Planet Light Curve Generation
Pages 62-63
Bisque, M. L.; Bisque, D. R.; Bisque, S. M.; Bisque, T. M.
2001MPBu...28...62B Download PDF

Rotational Periods and Lightcurves of 1166 Sakuntala and 1568 Aisleen
Pages 64
Malcolm, G.
2001MPBu...28...64M Download PDF

The Minor Planet Observer
Pages 65-66
Warner, B.
2001MPBu...28...65W Download PDF

Lightcurve Photometry of Asteroid 490 Veritas
Pages 67
Koff, R. A.; Brincat, S. M.
2001MPBu...28...67K Download PDF

Lightcurves and Period Determination for 640 Brambilla
Pages 68-69
Bembrick, C.
2001MPBu...28...68B Download PDF

New Lightcurve Observations of 96 Aegle
Pages 69-71
Slivan, S. M.; Roller, E. A.
2001MPBu...28...69S Download PDF

The Lightcurve of 1069 Planckia Revisited
Pages 71-72
Warner, B. D.; Malcolm, G.; Stephens, R. D.
2001MPBu...28...71W Download PDF

Collaborative Photometry of 489 Comacina, March through May 2001
Pages 73
Stephens, R. D.; Brincat, S. M.; Koff, R. A.
2001MPBu...28...73S Download PDF

Suggested Revised H values of Selected Asteroids-Report Number 2
Pages 74-77
Faure, G.; Garrett, L.
2001MPBu...28...74F Download PDF

Lightcurve Photometry of 611 Valeria and 986 Amelia
Pages 77-78
Koff, R. A.
2001MPBu...28...77K Download PDF

Asteroid Photometry Opportunities
Pages 78
Pravec, P.; Harris, A. W.
2001MPBu...28...78P Download PDF