(1956) Artek

[Xilman]

The ARPS section of the BAA is researching the properties of Themis group asteroids and earlier this year (1956) Artek was being observed by sundry photometrists, myself included.  Here is a stacked image with a scientific interest lying firmly in the range which runs from nil to negligible. The asteroid was magnitude 16.2 on the night in question, 2023-01-26. The precision photometry is being done largely to measure the rotation period of the asteroid and partly to determine its surface properties.