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| Proposal Title: | Detection Result: Occultation by Asteroid Itha |
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| Abstract Type: | Poster |
| Abstract: | A successful detection of an occultation by Asteroid Itha was made by Kendra Sibbernsen in Papillion, Nebraska on the night of Nov. 27th to 28th, 2021. An occultation is where an object passes in front of a star and the light from that star is blocked for a short period of time. This was a part of a Citizen Science project through Unistellar and the SETI Institute. Another citizen scientist in Colorado also made a detection and that allowed additional information to be determined about the shape and size of the asteroid. The occultation was expected to have a duration of 2.6 seconds but was measured to be 3.12 seconds indicating that the asteroid was larger than expected or elongated in the direction of motion. |
Presenter Information | |
| Primary contact: | Kendra Sibbernsen |
| Institution name: | Metropolitan Community College |
