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Phased plot of 2026 KT2
COD: C23
Time UT: 2026 05 28 ( 21h04m - 23h04m UT )
CATALOG: Gaia DR2
Filter: Luminance



Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 KT2 was observed for two hours starting on 2026 May 28 at 21:03 UT from Olmen Observatory by Alfons Diepvens.
Unfiltered 5-s exposures were obtained using a 0.20-m f/6.75 refractor and an SBIG ST-10XME CCD camera.
Photometry was measured via Astrometrica using comparison stars from the Gaia DR2 catalog.
A period analysis conducted by Eric Broens using the Phase Dispersion Minimization (PDM) method revealed a super-fast rotation period of 142.9 ± 0.4 s,
consistent with the class of super-fast rotators, typically defined as P < 10 min.
The uncertainty was estimated from the full width at half minimum of the PDM theta statistic in frequency space,
propagated to period space.
A visual inspection of the phase diagram with the error margin applied confirms this to be a conservative error estimate.