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Asteroids of size larger than 0.15km generally do not have periods smaller than 2.2 hours, a limit known as cohesionless spin barrier. This barrier can be explained by the cohesionless rubble-pile structure model. There are few exceptions to this “rule”, called LSFRs (Large Super-Fast Rotators), as (455213) 2001 OE84, (335433) 2005 UW163 and 2011 XA3. The near-Earth asteroid (436724) 2011 UW158 was followed by an international team of optical and radar observers in 2015 during the flyby with Earth. It was discovered that this NEA is a new candidate LSFR. With the collected lightcurves from optical observations we are able to obtain the amplitude-phase relationship, sideral rotation period (\(PS = 0.610752 \pm 0.000001\) h), a unique spin axis solution with ecliptic coordinates \(\lambda = 290^{\circ} \pm 3^{\circ}\), \(\beta = 39^{\circ} \pm 2^{\circ}\) and the asteroid 3D model. This model is in qualitative agreement with the results from radar observations.
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Carbognani, A., Gary, B.L., Oey, J. et al. Physical characterization of NEA Large Super-Fast Rotator (436724) 2011 UW158. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 132, 347 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11620-8
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