The occultation of a star by asteroid Tsusakamoto - 30 January 2025

Asteroid 23950 Tsusakamoto was named for a researcher Tsuyoshi Sakamoto at the Japan Spaceguard Association. The previously estimated diameter of 3.52 km was refined to approximately 4.5 km by this occultation.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 03:41:06.019 UTC +/- 0.04s; end at 03:41:06.595 UTC +/- 0.04s. Total duration is 0.576s.






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