The occultation of a star by asteroid Recogne (3365) - 02 June 2017

Hattrick! Absolutely unbelievable. Three positive asteroidal occultations during one night. And asteroid is bigger than prediction said as well. Approximately 25km in diameter instead of estimated 17km.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 00:37:57.192 UTC +/- 0.15s; end at 00:37:59,875 UTC +/- 0.15s. Total duration is je 2.683s +/-0.2s.






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