Update for (1035) Amata - January 2/3, 2003
Update computed by Jan Manek; issued 31 Dec 2002 22:50 +0100 (CET)
Jan Manek's update
IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
(1035) Amata / TYC 1187-00437-1 on January 2/3, 2003
visible from France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania,
Crimean peninsula and S Russia
Summary
In the night of January 2/3, 2003 a 10.7 mag star TYC 1187-00437-1
will be occulted by a 57 km asteroid (1035) Amata. This update is based on
USNO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid and recent UCAC star position.
The updated path shows ~10 path width north shift with time 1.9 minutes earlier compared to
Edwin Goffin's nominal prediction.
Updated path runs over mid-north France ~20:56.5 UT, north Switzerland ~20:57.0 UT, Austria ~20:57.3 UT,
Hungary just south of Budapest ~20:57.5 UT, Romania ~20:57.7 UT, Crimean peninsula ~20:58.0 UT and
S Russia ~20:58.2 UT. Within uncertainties also other areas - most of France, south Germany, north Italy,
Czechia, Slovakia, Moldavia and SE Ukraine to name some. Please check the path chart for details.
Rather large uncertainty also because of large but not absolutely correct Tycho-2 parallax.
This update takes the parallax into account.
Clear sky and good luck !!!
The event at one glimpse:
* date and approx. UT time of event: January 2, 2003 @ 20:57 UT (Europe)
* magnitude of target star: 10.7
* magnitude drop [mag]: 4.9
* estimated maximum duration [s]: 3.8
* path description: given above
* Goffin's original chart reference: A03_0164
The occultation path:
* approximate ground width [km]: 65
* uncertainty [path widths]: 3.7
* uncertainty in time [s]: 13
* map: below
* remarks: Path uncertainties are given according to nominal star
position errors and expected asteroid positional accuracy.
Data for the target star:
* name: TYC 1187-00437-1
* constellation: Pisces
* J2000 position [h,m,s; o,',"]: 00h 42m 16.4585s; +17o 09' 16.284"
* position source: recent UCAC position combined with Tycho-2 proper motion and parallax
* estimated accuracy ["]: 0.02" (0.01", 0.02")
* V mag [mag]: 10.65
* B-V [mag]: +1.79
* remarks:
Recent UCAC position was provided by Marion and Norbert Zacharias.
Target star is in middle-west Pisces, about 7.2 degrees east of 2.8 mag star gamma Pegasi = SAO 91781
or 31' north of 6.5 mag star SAO 92047.
!!! IMPORTANT !!!
Purple stars in identification chart are so called 'non-star' objects in GSC; in dense fields
the 'non-stars' are often real stars or blends of close pairs. Be careful about this.
Close finding chart (prepared in GUIDE7):
* occulted star is in center - labeled with cross
* field is 3.0x3.0 degrees
* limiting magnitude is 13.0
* labeled stars have indicated SAO numbers
* remarks:
Data for the minor planet:
* general information:
number, name: (1035) Amata
approx. diameter [km]: 57
* orbital information
orbit source: calculation Manek
source of used astrometry: USNO/Flagstaff (Ron Stone)
number of used observations: 51 USNO
number of rejected observations: 8 USNO
time covered by the observations: 1998 01 29 - 2002 11 22
rms residuals ["] (RA,DE): 0.10", 0.17"
estimated positional accuracy at epoch of event ["]: 0.09", 0.10"
remarks:
Data for the event:
* UT date and time of least geocentric approach: 20:51.7 UT
* approx. V mag of minor planet at event [mag]: 15.6
* geocentric parallax of minor planet ["]: 3.388
* magnitude drop [mag]: 4.9
* estimated maximum duration [s]: 3.8
* apparent motion of minor planet ["/h]: 28.55
* angular distance to moon, phase of moon [deg,%]: 95, 0%
* remarks:
Elements for WinOccult:
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2003 Jan 02
1035 Amata
20h 51.7m UT
87-00437-1 10.7 0 42 16.459 17 9 16.28TYC 1187-00437-1
15.6 57 3.8 2.596 1.839 10.99
-44.446 17.152 228.09 -22.89
20.8623 -.12547 .29944 7.77971 3.24233 0.00553 0.00231
2000 51.75832222003 1 1.00000323.1393632.180664 18.081250 0.200972053.139335322.5084166710.35 0.15
RATE 1.7719339 .0000000 .0000000 .0000000 .00000000 .00000000 .00000000
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Calculator(s): Jan Manek
Path coordinates:
Center Altitude Path Limits
E. Longitude Latitude U.T. star sun Limit 1 Limit 2
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o ' " o ' " h m s o o o ' " o ' "
Latitude Latitude
- 14 0 0 45 40 7 20 55 31 51 -36 45 23 31 45 56 45
- 13 0 0 45 48 34 20 55 35 51 -37 45 31 59 46 5 10
- 12 0 0 45 56 37 20 55 40 50 -37 45 40 4 46 13 11
- 11 0 0 46 4 16 20 55 44 49 -38 45 47 45 46 20 49
- 10 0 0 46 11 32 20 55 48 49 -39 45 55 3 46 28 4
- 9 0 0 46 18 26 20 55 53 48 -39 46 1 57 46 34 55
- 8 0 0 46 24 55 20 55 57 47 -40 46 8 29 46 41 24
- 7 0 0 46 31 2 20 56 1 47 -41 46 14 37 46 47 30
- 6 0 0 46 36 47 20 56 5 46 -42 46 20 22 46 53 13
- 5 0 0 46 42 8 20 56 9 45 -42 46 25 44 46 58 33
- 4 0 0 46 47 7 20 56 13 45 -43 46 30 44 47 3 31
- 3 0 0 46 51 43 20 56 17 44 -44 46 35 21 47 8 6
- 2 0 0 46 55 56 20 56 20 43 -44 46 39 36 47 12 18
- 1 0 0 46 59 47 20 56 24 43 -45 46 43 27 47 16 9
0 0 0 47 3 16 20 56 28 42 -45 46 46 57 47 19 37
1 0 0 47 6 23 20 56 32 42 -46 46 50 4 47 22 43
2 0 0 47 9 7 20 56 35 41 -47 46 52 49 47 25 26
3 0 0 47 11 29 20 56 39 40 -47 46 55 12 47 27 48
4 0 0 47 13 29 20 56 42 40 -48 46 57 12 47 29 48
5 0 0 47 15 7 20 56 46 39 -49 46 58 50 47 31 25
6 0 0 47 16 23 20 56 49 38 -49 47 0 7 47 32 41
7 0 0 47 17 17 20 56 52 38 -50 47 1 1 47 33 35
8 0 0 47 17 49 20 56 56 37 -51 47 1 33 47 34 7
9 0 0 47 17 59 20 56 59 36 -51 47 1 43 47 34 17
10 0 0 47 17 48 20 57 2 36 -52 47 1 31 47 34 6
11 0 0 47 17 14 20 57 5 35 -52 47 0 57 47 33 32
12 0 0 47 16 18 20 57 8 34 -53 47 0 2 47 32 37
13 0 0 47 15 1 20 57 11 34 -54 46 58 44 47 31 20
14 0 0 47 13 22 20 57 14 33 -54 46 57 4 47 29 41
15 0 0 47 11 20 20 57 17 32 -55 46 55 2 47 27 40
16 0 0 47 8 57 20 57 20 32 -55 46 52 39 47 25 17
17 0 0 47 6 12 20 57 23 31 -56 46 49 53 47 22 33
18 0 0 47 3 5 20 57 26 30 -57 46 46 45 47 19 26
19 0 0 46 59 36 20 57 29 29 -57 46 43 15 47 15 58
20 0 0 46 55 44 20 57 31 29 -58 46 39 23 47 12 8
21 0 0 46 51 31 20 57 34 28 -58 46 35 8 47 7 55
22 0 0 46 46 56 20 57 36 27 -59 46 30 32 47 3 21
23 0 0 46 41 58 20 57 39 27 -60 46 25 33 46 58 24
24 0 0 46 36 38 20 57 41 26 -60 46 20 12 46 53 5
25 0 0 46 30 56 20 57 44 25 -61 46 14 28 46 47 24
26 0 0 46 24 51 20 57 46 25 -61 46 8 22 46 41 21
27 0 0 46 18 24 20 57 48 24 -62 46 1 54 46 34 55
28 0 0 46 11 34 20 57 51 23 -62 45 55 3 46 28 7
29 0 0 46 4 22 20 57 53 23 -63 45 47 49 46 20 56
30 0 0 45 56 47 20 57 55 22 -63 45 40 12 46 13 23
31 0 0 45 48 49 20 57 57 21 -64 45 32 13 46 5 26
32 0 0 45 40 28 20 57 59 20 -64 45 23 50 45 57 7
33 0 0 45 31 44 20 58 1 20 -65 45 15 5 45 48 25
34 0 0 45 22 38 20 58 3 19 -65 45 5 56 45 39 21
35 0 0 45 13 8 20 58 5 18 -66 44 56 24 45 29 53
36 0 0 45 3 14 20 58 7 18 -66 44 46 29 45 20 1
37 0 0 44 52 58 20 58 8 17 -67 44 36 11 45 9 47
38 0 0 44 42 18 20 58 10 16 -67 44 25 28 44 59 9
39 0 0 44 31 14 20 58 12 15 -67 44 14 23 44 48 7
40 0 0 44 19 47 20 58 13 15 -68 44 2 53 44 36 42
41 0 0 44 7 56 20 58 15 14 -68 43 51 0 44 24 54
42 0 0 43 55 41 20 58 16 13 -69 43 38 43 44 12 41
43 0 0 43 43 2 20 58 17 12 -69 43 26 2 44 0 5
44 0 0 43 29 60 20 58 19 12 -69 43 12 57 43 47 4
45 0 0 43 16 33 20 58 20 11 -70 42 59 27 43 33 40
46 0 0 43 2 42 20 58 21 10 -70 42 45 34 43 19 51
47 0 0 42 48 26 20 58 22 9 -70 42 31 16 43 5 38
48 0 0 42 33 47 20 58 23 9 -70 42 16 34 42 51 1
49 0 0 42 18 42 20 58 24 8 -70 42 1 27 42 35 60
50 0 0 42 3 14 20 58 24 7 -71 41 45 56 42 20 34
51 0 0 41 47 21 20 58 25 6 -71 41 29 60 42 4 43
52 0 0 41 31 3 20 58 26 5 -71 41 13 39 41 48 28
53 0 0 41 14 20 20 58 26 5 -71 40 56 54 41 31 48
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