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Updated: 2018 Feb 27, 18:21 UT
Event Rank : 66
(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 2018 Apr 01 UT, the 71 km diameter asteroid (1241) Dysona will occult a 11.5 mag star in the constellation Ara for observers along a path across eastern West Australia.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 3.28 mag to 14.73 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 5.9 seconds.
This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Hugh Harris, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill Owen, 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.
Occultation of 2UCAC 10044046 by 1241 Dysona on 2018 Apr 1
Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits Alt
E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Limit 1 Limit 2 Limit 3 Limit 4 Crn
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Longitude Longitude Longitude Longitude
119 7 58 -17 0 0 19 37 3 53 162 -37 118 46 10 119 29 47 118 12 5 120 4 2 -0.07
119 35 17 -18 0 0 19 37 12 54 162 -37 119 13 20 119 57 16 118 39 0 120 31 46 -0.07
120 3 5 -19 0 0 19 37 20 56 162 -36 119 40 58 120 25 14 119 6 22 121 0 1 -0.07
120 31 23 -20 0 0 19 37 29 57 162 -35 120 9 5 120 53 43 119 34 12 121 28 47 -0.07
121 0 14 -21 0 0 19 37 37 58 162 -35 120 37 44 121 22 46 120 2 33 121 58 9 -0.07
121 29 40 -22 0 0 19 37 46 59 162 -34 121 6 58 121 52 24 120 31 27 122 28 7 -0.07
121 59 43 -23 0 0 19 37 55 60 163 -33 121 36 47 122 22 41 121 0 57 122 58 45 -0.07
122 0 0 -23 0 34 19 37 55 60 163 -33 -23 45 50 -22 15 11 -24 56 29 -21 3 44 -0.08
123 0 0 -24 56 33 19 38 13 62 163 -32 -25 40 45 -24 12 12 -26 49 46 -23 2 26 -0.08
124 0 0 -26 47 29 19 38 30 64 163 -31 -27 30 39 -26 4 11 -28 38 3 -24 56 3 -0.08
125 0 0 -28 33 27 19 38 47 66 163 -30 -29 15 36 -27 51 11 -30 21 24 -26 44 41 -0.08
126 0 0 -30 14 35 19 39 3 68 164 -28 -30 55 44 -29 33 20 -31 59 58 -28 28 25 -0.08
127 0 0 -31 51 1 19 39 19 70 164 -27 -32 31 10 -31 10 45 -33 33 53 -30 7 24 -0.08
128 0 0 -33 22 54 19 39 35 71 165 -26 -34 2 6 -32 43 35 -35 3 20 -31 41 46 -0.08
129 0 0 -34 50 25 19 39 50 73 166 -25 -35 28 42 -34 12 3 -36 28 30 -33 11 41 -0.08
130 0 0 -36 13 46 19 40 5 74 167 -24 -36 51 9 -35 36 17 -37 49 33 -34 37 20 -0.09
131 0 0 -37 33 6 19 40 19 76 169 -23 -38 9 38 -36 56 29 -39 6 41 -35 58 55 -0.09
132 0 0 -38 48 38 19 40 33 77 171 -21 -39 24 20 -38 12 51 -40 20 6 -37 16 36 -0.09
133 0 0 -40 0 32 19 40 46 78 173 -20 -40 35 26 -39 25 33 -41 29 58 -38 30 34 -0.09
134 0 0 -41 9 0 19 40 59 80 176 -19 -41 43 8 -40 34 47 -42 36 29 -39 41 0 -0.09
135 0 0 -42 14 11 19 41 11 81 180 -18 -42 47 35 -41 40 42 -43 39 48 -40 48 5 -0.09
136 0 0 -43 16 16 19 41 23 82 185 -17 -43 48 58 -42 43 30 -44 40 5 -41 51 59 -0.10
137 0 0 -44 15 24 19 41 34 82 191 -17 -44 47 26 -43 43 19 -45 37 31 -42 52 52 -0.10
138 0 0 -45 11 46 19 41 45 83 199 -16 -45 43 9 -44 40 18 -46 32 13 -43 50 54 -0.10
139 0 0 -46 5 28 19 41 56 83 208 -15 -46 36 15 -45 34 38 -47 24 21 -44 46 12 -0.11
Uncertainty in time = +/- 5 secs
Prediction of 2018 Feb 27.0
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