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(2235) Vittore / HD 129903 event on 2017 May 09, 03:42 UT 

On 2017 May 09 UT, the 48 km diameter asteroid (2235) Vittore will occult a 8.1 mag star in the constellation Virgo for observers along a path across SW USA, Mexico, Brazil.

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Asteroid (2235) Vittore (A924 GA) is a 44.45 km wide main belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on April 5, 1924 from the Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory , Germany.
Vittore was initially designated as A924 GA. It was rediscovered in 1979 by the San Vittore observatory, in Bologna; and in 1980, it was named in honour of the Italian observatory.

The absolute magnitude of Vittore is 10.6. It has a rotation period of 32.1 hours. Its albedo is estimated at 0.0469.

Perihelion distance: 2.5401 AU
Aphelion distance: 3.8848 AU
eccentricity: 0.2092
Inclination to ecliptic: 18.75889°
Synodical period: 5 years 278 days 2 hours



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