824 Anastasia - Occultation

Occultation

On April 6, 2010, 824 Anastasia had the distinction of causing the brightest asteroid occultation ever predicted for North America for an asteroid of its size. The asteroid occulted the naked-eye star ΞΆ Ophiuchi over a path stretching from the Los Angeles area to Edmonton, Alberta.

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