Astroid occultatio in the late night of Nov.30

[PTS]

Hi,
Here are finder charts for this second occultation event on Nov. 30.

See also WC Yue's posting:
http://forum.hkas.org.hk/viewthread.php ... a=page%3D1


PTS
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IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
(4747) Jujo / TYC 1874-00964-1 event on 2010 Nov 30, 15:14 UT
Visible from Taiwan, China, SE Asia, India


Summary
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On 2010 Nov 30 UT, the 17 km diameter asteroid (4747) Jujo will occult a 9.6 mag
star in the constellation Auriga for observers along a path across Taiwan,
China, SE Asia, India.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star
will drop by 5.8 mag to 15.4 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 1.5
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
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* Rank: 9
* date and approx. time of event: 2010 Nov 30, 15:05 - 2010 Nov 30, 15:24 UT
* magnitude of target star: 9.6
* magnitude drop [mag]: 5.8
* estimated maximum duration [s]: 1.5
* Moon: 30 % sunlit, 96?distance
* Sun: 161?distance
* rough path description: Taiwan, China, SE Asia, India

The occultation path
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* approximate projected width [km]: 17
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 7.01
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 11.4
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- .123 +/- .078)
* 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): ( .125", .074", 77?)
* approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 11.2118
* website for maps:
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com