2000 Herschel is an asteroid discovered on July 29 1960 by Joachim Schubart at Sonneberg Observatory. It is named in honour of the English astronomer of German origin William Herschel who discovered Uranus.Analysis of the light curve for this object appears to show that it is tumbling with rotation occurring about the non-principal axis. The rotation period is estimated as 130 ± 3 days during which time the magnitude of the object varies by 1.16 ± 0.05 in magnitude.
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