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Re: Asteroid 2421 Nininger Occultation
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- Subject: Re: Asteroid 2421 Nininger Occultation
- From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 1:46:43 GMT
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>I checked it out in a CD-star-catalogue and found the star SAO 77237 (mag
>7.13, spec B5) being occulted by asteroid 2421 Nininger (mag. 15.9) around 4
>AM UTC.
>
>Can anyone confirm??????????
The occultation is expected to occur on Jan 17 at 4:06 UTC. It is visible
from North America, though I don't know which part of the continent will
be able to view it. The asteroid is 43 km in diameter, so it will be a
short occultation.
Ron Baalke