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Updated: 2017 JUL 16, 23:30 UT
Event Rank : 34
(The event Rank is a measure of the likelihood of observing an event, and is equal to the probability of at least one successful observation by a team of two observers spaced 1/8 path width just inside opposite sides of the predicted path. An event rank of 100 indicates that the prediction is expected to be very accurate).
THE UPDATED PATH
Note: The duration given in the line below is the interval during which the occultation shadow sweeps across the Earth - please see the minute markers on the map to determine the approximate time for your location.
On 2017 Sep 13 UT, the 20 km diameter asteroid (1104) Syringa will occult a 11.5 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a narrow, uncertain path across New Zealand crossing Picton & Blenhiem. Wellington is well within the one sigma limit.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 4.71 mag to 16.20 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 10.4 seconds.
This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Hugh Harris, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by the IAU Minor Planet Center.
This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (http://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.
Additional details of this and other events are available at Steve Preston's website at http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/
EVENT DETAILS SUMMARY :Important Note regarding Accuracy:
The uncertainty interval in path widths given above (and shown as a 1-sigma uncertainty ellipse on the plot) refers to RMS deviation and is applied as a +/- range. In other words, a path uncertainty of 1.0 path widths means that the actual center of the asteroid's shadow path should fall within plus or minus 1 path width of the plotted path center. However path errors larger than 1 sigma have been observed so observers should be alert for primary occultations within plus or minus 3 sigma of the updated path.
Further, almost all asteroidal satellites discovered so far have been found within 10 diameters of the asteroid (since this distance is deep enough within the gravitational well to be stable over long timescales). Therefore, if monitoring for secondary events, observing out to about 10 path-widths either side of the predicted track remains worthwhile.
We therefore recommend that you monitor for events if your observing location is up to +/- 10 path-widths from the predicted track. If not monitoring for occultations by secondary bodies you should observe from locations within 3 sigma of the nominal path.
In terms of time, the predictions are now usually accurate to about +/- 0.3 minute so you should be most attentive during the predicted minute of the event. However if intending to catch a potential satellite occultation you should start observing at least 10 times the predicted central duration before the predicted closest approach time for your location, and continue for a similar period afterwards.
Centre Star Star Sun Path Limit1 Path Limit2 Error Limit1 Error Limit2 Alt
E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Crn
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Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
172 1 53 -33 55 18 11 3 26 58 282 -54 172 9 8 -33 54 0 171 54 38 -33 56 36 172 46 45 -33 47 12 171 17 11 -34 3 11 -0.59
172 17 0 -35 10 9 11 4 40 57 283 -53 172 24 21 -35 8 50 172 9 38 -35 11 29 173 2 35 -35 1 51 171 31 35 -35 18 14 -0.59
172 34 37 -36 25 6 11 5 55 56 285 -53 172 42 6 -36 23 44 172 27 8 -36 26 27 173 20 57 -36 16 35 171 48 27 -36 33 23 -0.60
172 54 58 -37 40 9 11 7 9 56 286 -52 173 2 35 -37 38 45 172 47 21 -37 41 33 173 42 8 -37 31 24 172 7 59 -37 48 40 -0.60
173 18 18 -38 55 20 11 8 23 55 287 -51 173 26 4 -38 53 53 173 10 33 -38 56 46 174 6 20 -38 46 19 172 30 27 -39 4 6 -0.61
173 44 55 -40 10 38 11 9 38 54 288 -50 173 52 49 -40 9 8 173 37 0 -40 12 6 174 33 52 -40 1 20 172 56 8 -40 19 40 -0.61
174 15 7 -41 26 3 11 10 52 53 289 -49 174 23 11 -41 24 31 174 7 3 -41 27 35 175 5 4 -41 16 27 173 25 20 -41 35 23 -0.62
174 49 17 -42 41 35 11 12 7 52 289 -48 174 57 31 -42 40 0 174 41 2 -42 43 10 175 40 19 -42 31 39 173 58 25 -42 51 16 -0.62
175 27 50 -43 57 14 11 13 21 51 290 -48 175 36 16 -43 55 35 175 19 25 -43 58 52 176 20 1 -43 46 55 174 35 50 -44 7 16 -0.62
176 11 17 -45 12 57 11 14 35 50 290 -47 176 19 55 -45 11 14 176 2 40 -45 14 40 177 4 42 -45 2 14 175 18 3 -45 23 24 -0.63
Uncertainty in time = +/- 27 secs
Prediction of 2017 Jul 16.0
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