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Asteroid (720) Bohlinia
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The asteroid (720) Bohlinia will occult the magnitude 11.7 star UCAC2 40998213 in the constellation Gemini at 21:28 UT, 14th December, 2010.
The 2.8 second event is visible from Japan, Russia, and Europe.

Position(2000): RA = 06 18 36.04, Dec = 26° 16'29 .89"


Asteroid 720 Bohlinia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
720 Bohlinia was discovered by Franz Kaiser, a German astronomer in 1911. It is named for Karl Petrus Theodor Bohlin, Swedish astronomer to mark his 65th birthday

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