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Archival data from wide-field surveys offer a rich, often untapped resource for the study of Solar System Objects (SSOs). The rapid growth of institutional archives has produced an outstanding volume of photometric data on asteroids and comets, creating unprecedented opportunities for scientific studies. Using archival data from the Isaac Newton Telescope Wide Field Camera, we present lightcurve and phase curve analyses of serendipitously observed asteroids from March 2022 to March 2023. By developing a code to analyze the raw data from INT/WFC, we plot the light curves of 11 Main Belt Asteroids, deduce their physical properties, and compare them with available data in the asteroid catalog. This work contributes valuable information to our growing knowledge of asteroid physical properties, which are vital for constraining the history and evolution of the solar system.
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