The occultation of a star by asteroid Holda - 20 January 2024

This year it was the first planetary occultation. Quite a weak star, but the conditions were excellent. Duration of occultation was over 6s.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 19:42:37.727 UTC +/- 0.176s; end at 19:42:44.192 UTC +/- 0.176s. Total duration is 6.465s +/-0.258s.






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