Asteroid occultation event on 2019 August 24

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Asteroid occultation event on 2019 August 24

I've prepared finder charts from:
Digital Sky Survey (15 x 15 arcmin) and The Sky 6 (15x11 arcmin)
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IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
(1114) Lorraine / UCAC4-408-112912 event on 2019 Aug 24, 13:29 UT
Visible from E Russia, China, SE Asia


Summary
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On 2019 Aug 24 UT, the 68.1 km diameter asteroid (1114) Lorraine will occult a
12.3 mag star in the constellation Aquila for observers along a path across E
Russia, China, SE Asia.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star
will drop by 2.84 mag to 15.10 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most
10.0 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly
provided by Hugh Harris, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill
Owen, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by the IAU Minor Planet
Center.

This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA)
mission Gaia (http://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the
Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium
(DPAC, http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium).
Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in
particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement.

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