On 2018 Feb 23, 18:07 UT, the 143 km diameter asteroid (211) Isolda will occult a 8.5 mag star HD 284146 in the constellation Taurus for observers along a path across SW Asia, Europe.
Asteroid (211) Isolda is at Opposition in constellation Taurus on the 25th November 2017.
Magnitude: 11.1 V Distance to Earth: 1.577 AU Distance to Sun: 2.563 AU
Asteroid (211) Isolda is a very large, dark main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. Read more