IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (3751) Kiang / TYC 2326-01506-1 event on 2012 Oct 24, 12:01 UT Visible from N USA, W Canada, Philippines Summary ------- On 2012 Oct 24 UT, the 25 km diameter asteroid (3751) Kiang will occult a 9.8 mag star in the constellation Aries for observers along a path across N USA, W Canada, Philippines. In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 6.8 mag to 16.6 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 1.9 seconds. This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Hugh Harris, historical astrometry from the MPC files (via AstDys), and the following catalogs for the star position: UCAC. The event at a glimpse ---------------------- * Rank: 19 * date and approx. time of event: 2012 Oct 24, 11:54 - 2012 Oct 24, 12:10 UT * geocentric midpoint of event [JD]: 2456225.00155 * magnitude of target star: 9.8 * magnitude drop [mag]: 6.8 * estimated maximum duration [s]: 1.9 * Moon: 74 % sunlit, 79° distance * Sun: 157° distance * rough path description: N USA, W Canada, Philippines The occultation path -------------------- * approximate projected width [km]: 26 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 3.63 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 8.9 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- .079 +/- .054) * 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): ( .079", .053", 83° ) * approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 12.8091 * website for maps: http://www.asteroidoccultation.com Path Coordinates: Occultation of TYC 2326-01506-1 by 3751 Kiang on 2012 Oct 24 Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits E. Longitude Latitude U.T. 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* position source: mpos:UCAC2 pm:UCAC2 * standard error: RA,DE ["]: ( .017, .018 ) * V mag [mag]: 9.8 * B mag [mag]: 10.8 * Apparent position with proper motion RA(deg): 43.6425506551 DE(deg): 31.0829360625 * Equation of equinoxes (radians) : 0.000060260263156 * Diameter [mas]: 0 * remarks: Data for the minor planet ------------------------- * general information: (number) name: (3751) Kiang approx. diameter [km]: 25 approx. diameter ["]: .015 distance from Earth [AU]: 2.31300 * orbital information: orbit source: Preston date of fit: 2012 Jul 10 source of used astrometry: FASTT MPC (via Astdys) number of used observations: 737 number of rejected observations: 9 time covered by the observations: 1977 Jun 14 - 2011 Oct 29 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): 0.077, 0.050, 83° remarks: * orbital elements for (3751) Kiang : Mean anomaly = 103.41410955 deg Arg. of pericenter = 18.03967512 deg Long. of node = 271.45047523 deg Inclination = 13.24234244 deg Eccentricity = 0.09960265 Semimajor axis = 3.14909366 AU Perihelion dist = 2.83543557 AU Mag: H = 11.58, G = 0.15 Epoch of elements : MJD 56224.50100000 TDT (2012 Oct 24.501) ------ occelmnt file for Occult BEGIN ----------------------------------- 2012 Oct 24 3751 Kiang 12h 2.2m UT 9.8 2 53 45.105 31 1 47.32TYC 2326-01506-1 10.8 16.6 25 1.9 2.313 -1.998 -9.82 -170.4151 31.033 -4.51 -11.99 12.0372 -0.09970 0.26082 -6.75328 -2.58143 -0.00140 -0.00184 2000 102.62026720121020.00000 18.039675271.450475 13.2423420.09960265 3.1490937 2.835435611.7 5.00.15 RATE 1.7637040 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 Meas 0.079 0.053 83 4.63 0.054 0 0-4 4 056173.0020121024_1506-1 ------ occelmnt file for Occult END ----------------------------------- ============================================ Calculator (s): Steve Preston Date of update: 2012 Sep 03, 19:46 UT Steve Preston 7640 NE 32nd St Medina, WA 98039 425-688-9965 mailto: stevepr@acm.org