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  RASNZ Occultation Section - Xosa Occultation Update
Note: The duration given in the line below is the interval during which the occultation shadow sweeps across the Earth - please see the minute markers on the map to determine the approximate time for your location.
On 2005 May 16 UT (before dawn on the 17th), the 15 km diameter asteroid (1506) Xosa will occult a 8.7 mag star in the constellation Serpens for observers along a path across Australia, China.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 5.5 mag to 14.2 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 2.3 seconds.
occsec.wellington.net.nz /planet/2005/updates/050516_1506_4380_u.htm   (656 words)

  
 History - Astronomers - JacksonC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Named for the chief mining area of the Congo, today named Zaire.
(1506) Xosa - 1939 May 15 by C. Jackson
Name of a tribe of native peoples of the Cape Province who early came into contact with the white people.
www.saao.ac.za /assa/html/his-astr_-_jackson_c.html   (2239 words)

  
 Topps Sammy Sosa Rookie 692   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
CARD NUMBER SAMMY SOSA, Topps Baseball 1990 692..
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