The occultation of a star by asteroid 1998 WZ5 (12921) - 01 June 2016

So I managed to catch the second occultation during one night! This asteroid (category - Jupiter Trojan) is also bigger than estimated diameter too. This occultation revealed diameter minimal 33km.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 23:47:33.063 UTC +/- 0.15s; end at 23:47:35,001 UTC +/- 0.15s. Total duration is je 1.938s +/-0.3s.






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