4055 Magellan (1985 DO2) is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 24 1985 by E. Helin at Palomar. Based upon the spectrum it is compositionally similar to 4 Vesta. It has a high albedo of 0.31.Photometric observations of this asteroid in 2010 show a rotation period of 7.488 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 magnitude. The large variation suggests an elongated shape.
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