474 Prudentia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 13, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GD. 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 February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
UPDATE: 2002 AUG 31, 18:36 UT On the evening of 2002 Sep 27 UT, the 37 km diameter asteroid (474) Prudentia will occult a 11.6 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across northern South Australia and New South Wales.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.9 mag to 14.4 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 2.5 seconds.
UPDATE: 2002 SEP 10, 01:13 UT On the evening of 2002 Sep 14 UT, the 37 km diameter asteroid (474) Prudentia will occult a 9.1 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path across Australia from Carnarvon in Western Australia to just north of Brisbane in Queensland.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 5.1 mag to 14.2 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 3.4 seconds.
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