On 19 February 2019, between 5:11 and 5:32 UTC, Jürgenstock occulted the star Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the night sky.
The shadow crossed Southern Argentina, Southern Chile, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Occultations are typically an excellent method to determine a minor planet's dimension (cross-section) by exactly measuring the duration of the event.
On 19 February 2019, between 5:11 and 5:32 UTC, Jürgenstock occulted the star Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the night sky. The shadow crossed Southern Argentina, Southern Chile, Central America, and the Caribbean. Occultations are typically an excellent method to determine a minor planet's dimension (cross-section) by exactly measuring the duration of the event.
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