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RASNZ Occultation Section - Belisana 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 2006 Feb 01 UT, the 36 km diameter asteroid (178) Belisana will occult a 11.5 mag star in the constellation Gemini for observers along a path across south-western Western Australia, passing over Geraldton. |
| | In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 1.7 mag to 12.9 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 3.4 seconds. |
| occsec.wellington.net.nz /planet/2006/updates/060201_178_7137_u.htm (663 words) |
