On 2018 Feb 23, 14:09 UT, the 223 km diameter asteroid (48) Doris will occult a 6.0 mag star HD 19698 in the constellation Aries for observers along a path across SE Asia, India.
Asteroid (48) Doris is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 from his balcony in Paris. An occultation on March 19, 1981, suggested a diameter of 219±25 km. Observations of an occultation on October 14, 1999, using four well-placed chords, indicate an ellipsoid of 278 x 142 km and that 48 Doris is an extremely irregular shaped object. Read more
(48) Doris Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin M 30.20873 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17970459 Peri. 257.46734 +0.15322085 -0.98816388 a 3.1100206 Node 183.74318 +0.94518606 +0.14874878 e 0.0747882 Incl. 6.55377 +0.28835166 +0.03749600 P 5.48 H 6.90 G 0.15 U 0