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The magnitude 16.7 asteroid (4768) Hartley will occult the magnitude 4.1 double star Zeta Andromedae in the constellation Andromeda from 9:16.8m UT, 9th February, 2012.
The 1 second event will be observable from Japan.

Position (J2000): R.A. 00 47 20.2350  |  Dec. +24° 16' 00.842''



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Asteroid 4768 Hartley (1988 PH1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 11, 1988 by Noymer, A. J. at Siding Spring. It was named in honour of Malcolm Hartley, deputy astronomer of the U.K. Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring, with which this minor planet was discovered.
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