Determination of rotational parameters of asteroid (360) Carlova

Information on the rotational parameters of asteroids may provide data for research on the collision and evolution of asteroids, or even the evolution of the solar system. We carried out new CCD photometric observation of the main belt carbon-type asteroid (360) Carlova with the 1-m telescope of Yunnan Observatory, and obtained the following results:. rotational sidereal period, 0.25780417 ± 0.00000003d, ecliptic coordinates of the rotating axis, (95°±3°, 40°±1°). These are found by using the epoch-method of retrieval with our and previously published photometric data. Our results are consistent with those of our predecessors, while being slightly more accurate.