Asteroid observations at low phase angles - III. Brightness behavior of dark asteroids

The results of photometric observations of eight main-belt asteroids with low surface albedo are presented. The magnitude-phase dependences including low phase angles (<1 deg) have been obtained for Asteroids 76 Freia (down to phase angle 0.1 deg, P-type), 190 Ismene (0.3 deg, P-type), 303 Josephina (0.2 deg, C-type), 309 Fraternitas (0.1 deg, C-type), 313 Chaldaea (0.1 deg, C-type), 444 Gyptis (0.8 deg, P-type), 615 Roswitha (0.1 deg, C-type), and 954 Li (0.03 deg, FCX-type). The behavior of brightness in the range of opposition effect is found to be practically linear for 190 Ismene with amplitude of opposition effect only 0.03 mag. Amplitudes of the opposition effect for other asteroids are close to a mean for this type. The obtained data allowed us also to determine the rotation periods of asteroids: 303 josephina (12.497 +/- 0.001 h), 309 Fraternitas (11.205 +/- 0.005 h), 615 Roswitha (4.422 +/- 0.001 h) and 954 Li (7.207 +/- 0.002 h). The Color indexes B-V, V-R and R-I have been determined for some asteroids. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.