The occultation of a star by asteroid Barker - 19 March 2025

Asteroid 7868 Barker was named after a researcher and scientist at the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin. It is currently estimated to be 16 km in diameter.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 18:44:08.600 UTC +/- 0.01s; end at 18:44:09.011 UTC +/- 0.01s. Total duration is 0.411s.






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