461 Saskia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP. 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
On 2007 Apr 21 UT, the 45 km diameter asteroid (461) Saskia will occult a moderately bright 6.6 mag star in the constellation Virgo for observers along a path across Australia, from Bundaberg in southern Queensland to Wyndham in Western Australia.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 8.4 mag to 15.0 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 3.8 seconds.
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