458 Hercynia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 21, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FK. 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). ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
On 2005 Jan 12 UT, the 38 km diameter asteroid (458) Hercynia will occult a 11.3 mag star in the constellation Orion for observers along a path across Australia.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.2 mag to 13.3 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 5.2 seconds.
Rich Keen, observing near Boulder, Colorado, reports: "Despite low altitude, cirrus clouds, and city lights of Denver to my southeast, I did observe the occultation by Hercynia.
___________________________________________________________________ Stations for the Hercynia occultation of 2003 May 25/26 Below is a list of observer stations sorted by distance from Steve Preston's updated central line (calculated May 15).
Distances are given in km measured perpendicularly from the central line.
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