The occultation of a star by asteroid 2000 WS38 - 19 March 2024

I managed to catch my 100th positive asteroidal occultation of a star tonight. Asteroid 2000 WS38 is only a few kilometers in diameter. The sky was clear, the occultation was great.

The map with predicted path:


Light curve from video record.
The begin of occultation was at 19:05:16.389 UTC +/- 0.012s; end at 19:05:16.712 UTC +/- 0.012s. Total duration is 0.323s +/-0.015s.






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