A 9.44 second occultation was recorded by Brian Loader, using Video OSD technique.

Eight other stations were registered for this event but cloud and equipment failure affected all of them.

View the updated prediction.

Observers:
  1    B Loader,Darfield,NZ
  2(P) Prediction, 24 Feb

        

Discussion:

The ellipse above is plotted at the same area as the expected circle of 59km. With only one chord it is not possible to determine whether Brian was north or south of the central line of the event. However, assuming the updated prediction was approximately correct the longer than expected chord of about 80km would suggest that the chord might lie close to the central portion of the asteroid.

The figure below shows the Limovie/Tangra light curve of the occultation.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 1041 ) Asta
By Star              UCAC2 22949898
On 2012-03-17  at 13:37:27.0

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Observer   B. Loader
Location   Darfield,NZ
Longitude  +172:06
Latitude   -43:28
Altitude   210 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   25 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N        PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0.33
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  13:36:30.38
Reappearance   13:36:39.82
Comments: clear event despite windshake
Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.6