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165 Loreley - Definition, explanation (117 words) |
 | 165 Loreley is a very large Main belt asteroid. |
| Peters on August 9, 1876 and named after the Lorelei, a figure in German folklore. |
| One stellar occultation by Loreley has been observed, on July 20, 2003. |
| RASNZ Occultation Section - Loreley Occultation Update (670 words) |
| 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 2007 May 17 UT, the 155 km diameter asteroid (165) Loreley will occult a 11.5 mag star in the constellation Sextans for observers along a wide path beginning over Shark Bay in Western Australia, then passing near Meekatharra and Leonora before moving into central parts of South Australia. |
| In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.3 mag to 13.6 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 12.1 seconds. |
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