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On 2014 Feb 09, asteroid (327) Columbia will occult a 2.9 mag star in the constellation Capricornus for observers along a path across New Zealand (daylight event).
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Asteroid (327) Columbia is a main-belt asteroid with an average distance of 2.78 AU, and a 4.63 year orbital period.
It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 22, 1892 in Nice and named in honour of Christopher Columbus.

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