455 Bruchsalia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on May 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FG. Jump to: navigation, search An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer. ... Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (March 25, 1870 – January 19, 1964) was a German astronomer). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
On 2005 Aug 24 UT, the 84 km diameter asteroid (455) Bruchsalia will occult a 11.4 mag star in the constellation Taurus for observers along a path across Queensland and northern South Australia, passing north of Bundaberg.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.1 mag to 13.3 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 3.6 seconds.
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