Description
We present photometric observations of the Kuiper-Belt object 1999 TD_10_ at different phase angles and for three different broad band filters (B, V and R). This object was observed with the Danish 1.54-m telescope of ESO in Chile during six different observing nights corresponding to a phase angle of 0.30, 0.37, 0.92, 3.43, 3.48 and 3.66{deg}. Extra observations were obtained in September 2002 with the VLT UT1/FORS1 combination to confirm that 1999 TD_10_ does not exhibit any cometary activity, and in October 2001 with the Sierra Nevada Observatory 1.50-m telescope in order to add relative magnitudes to improve the determination of the rotation period.
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