Update for (22) Kalliope - June 5/6, 2004

  • Update computed by Jan Manek;   issued 02 Jun 2004 00:22 +0200 (CEST)

  • Jan Manek's update

                         IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
               (22) Kalliope / TYC 6814-00458-1 on June 5/6, 2004
            visible from S Russia, S Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, S Hungary,
        frm. Yugoslavia, S Austria, SW Germany, N Italy, Switzerland and France
    
    Summary 

    In the night of June 5/6, 2004 a faint 10.6 mag star TYC 6814-00458-1 will be occulted by a 187 km asteroid (22) Kalliope. This update is based on USNO/Flagstaff, TMO and LaSilla astrometry for the asteroid and UCAC2 star position.

    The updated path shows ~1 path width north shift with time ~0.3 minutes earlier compared to Edwin Goffin's nominal prediction.

    Updated path runs over S Russia ~21:07.5 UT, S Ukraine ~21:08.3 UT, Romania ~21:09.2 UT, Bulgaria ~21:09.2 UT, S Hungary 21:09.6 UT, frm. Yugoslavia ~21:09.7 UT, S Austria ~21:10.0 UT, SW Germany ~21:10.3 UT, N Italy ~21:10.4 UT, Switzerland ~21:10.5 UT and France ~21:10.7 UT. Please check the path chart for details.

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    The event at one glimpse:
     * date and approx. UT time of event: June 05, 2004 @ 21:10 UT (Europe)
     * magnitude of target star: 10.6
     * magnitude drop [mag]: 0.9
     * estimated maximum duration [s]: 12.9
     * approx. V mag of minor planet at event [mag]: 10.9
     * geocentric parallax of minor planet ["]: 4.027
     * apparent motion of minor planet ["/h]: 32.86
     * angular distance to moon, phase of moon [deg,%]: 38, 89%
     * Goffin's original chart reference: A04_0608
    
    The occultation path with path maps:
     * approximate ground width [km]: 560
     * uncertainty [path widths]: 0.33
     * uncertainty in time [s]: 7
     * map: Overview
            European part
     * remarks: Path uncertainties [2 sigmas] are given according to nominal star
                position errors and expected asteroid positional accuracy.
    
    Elements for WinOccult - use 'Save as ...' to download and save these elements.
    
    Finding charts (prepared in GUIDE8):
     * occulted star is in center - labeled with cross
     * labeled stars have indicated SAO numbers
     * (smaller) square box shows 30' field in all wider field charts
     * (larger) square box shows 3° field in wide field charts
     * remarks:
       Target star is in south Ophiuchus, about 6.3 degrees east of 1.1 mag star alpha Scorpii = Antares = SAO 184415.
       !!! 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.
       40-degree chart
       3-degree chart
       0.5-degree chart
    
    Data for the target star:
     * name: TYC 6814-00458-1
     * constellation: Ophiuchus
     * J2000 position [h,m,s; o,',"]: 16h 57m 19.5354s; -26o 04' 08.266"
     * position source: UCAC2
     * estimated accuracy ["]: 0.03" (0.02", 0.02")
     * V mag [mag]: 10.55
     * B-V [mag]: +0.57
     * remarks:
    
    Data for the minor planet:
     * general information:
         number, name: (22) Kalliope
         approx. diameter [km]: 187
     * orbital information
         orbit source: calculation Manek
         source of used astrometry: USNO/Flagstaff (Ron Stone), TMO (Bill Owen), LaSilla (Raoul Behrend)
         number of used observations: 121 USNO, 31 TMO, 5 LaSilla
         number of rejected observations: 0
         time covered by the observations: 1997 11 29 - 2004 06 01
         rms residuals ["] (RA,DE): 0.08", 0.09"
         estimated positional accuracy at epoch of event ["]: 0.05", 0.03"
         remarks:
    
    Path coordinates: click here
    
    Calculator(s): Jan Manek
    
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