IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (3899) Wichterle / TYC 5554-01347-1 event on 2008 Mar 30, 16:41 UT Visible from Australia, New Zealand Summary ------- On 2008 Mar 30 UT, the 24 km diameter asteroid (3899) Wichterle will occult a 10.1 mag star in the constellation Virgo for observers along a path across Australia, New Zealand. In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 6.6 mag to 16.7 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 1.8 seconds. This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Alice Monet, historical astrometry from the MPC files (via AstDys), and the following catalogs for the star position: UCAC. The event at a glimpse ---------------------- * Rank: 7 * date and approx. time of event: 2008 Mar 30, 16:34 - 2008 Mar 30, 16:48 UT * midpoint of event [JD]: 2454556.19529583 * magnitude of target star: 10.1 * magnitude drop [mag]: 6.6 * estimated maximum duration [s]: 1.8 * Moon: 42 % sunlit, 77° distance * Sun: 157° distance * rough path description: Australia, New Zealand Additional comments ------------------- 0.2" double star, photocenter position The occultation path -------------------- * approximate projected width [km]: 25 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 8.91 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 17.3 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- .118 +/- .106) * 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): ( .118", .106", 96° ) * approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 13.3619 * website for maps: http://lunar-occultations.com/iota/asteroids/astrndx.htm http://www.asteroidoccultation.com Path Coordinates: Occultation of TYC 5554-01347-1 by 3899 Wichterle on 2008 Mar 30 Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits E. 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-35 46 39 -39 59 56 -157 0 0 -37 52 8 16 34 14 23 276 -2 -37 45 24 -37 58 51 -35 46 6 -39 59 24 -156 0 0 -37 51 15 16 34 11 22 275 -1 -37 44 32 -37 57 59 -35 45 13 -39 58 32 -155 0 0 -37 50 3 16 34 9 22 275 -1 -37 43 20 -37 56 47 -35 44 0 -39 57 21 Uncertainty in time = +/- 18 secs [Prediction of 2008 Feb 15.0] Data for the target star ------------------------ * name: TYC 5554-01347-1 * constellation : Virgo * J2000 position with proper motion to date of event [h,m,s ; °,',"] RA: 14 07 31.2589 DE: -09 35 52.643 * position source: Pos: mpos:UCAC2 pm:UCAC2, pm: , pi: * standard error: RA,DE ["]: ( .100, .100 ) * V mag [mag]: 10.1 * B mag [mag]: 10.8 * Apparent position with proper motion RA(deg): 211.9970737506 DE(deg): -9.6408424028 * Equation of equinoxes (radians) : 0.000041463384608 * remarks: Data for the minor planet ------------------------- * general information: (number) name: (3899) Wichterle approx. diameter [km]: 24 approx. diameter ["]: .012 distance from Earth [AU]: 2.75600 * orbital information: orbit source: Preston date of fit: 2008 Feb 13 source of used astrometry: FASTT MPC (via Astdys) number of used observations: 831 number of rejected observations: 18 time covered by the observations: 1948 Oct 10 - 2007 Jun 26 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): 0.064, 0.037, 112° remarks: * orbital elements for (3899) Wichterle : Mean anomaly = 148.47519710 deg Arg. of pericenter = 327.32479506 deg Long. of node = 82.13048825 deg Inclination = 2.82046302 deg Eccentricity = 0.18095842 Semimajor axis = 3.18192235 AU Perihelion dist = 2.60612669 AU Mag: H = 11.43, G = 0.15 Epoch of elements : MJD 54555.69500000 TDT (2008 Mar 30.695) ------ occelmnt file for Occult BEGIN ----------------------------------- 2008 Mar 30 3899 Wichterle 16h 41.2m UT 10.1 14 7 31.259- 9 35 52.64TYC 5554-01347-1 10.8 16.7 24 1.8 2.756 -1.526 8.41 133.1345 -9.601 -69.23 4.10 16.6871 -0.09090 -0.24520 -7.06673 2.63450 -0.00228 0.00051 2000 147.4862722008 325.00000327.324795 82.130488 2.8204630.18095842 3.1819224 2.606126711.2 5.00.15 RATE 1.7364800 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 Meas 0.118 0.106 96 9.91 0.107 0 54511.5020080330_1347-1 ------ occelmnt file for Occult END ----------------------------------- ============================================ Calculator (s): Steve Preston Date of update: 2008 Feb 15, 00:08 UT Steve Preston 7640 NE 32nd St Medina, WA 98039 425-688-9965 mailto: stevepr@acm.org