IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (440) Theodora / TYC 1401-00890-1 event on 2008 May 08, 18:56 UT Visible from Africa, Madagascar Summary ------- On 2008 May 08 UT, the 16 km diameter asteroid (440) Theodora will occult a 9.9 mag star in the constellation Cancer for observers along a path across Africa, Madagascar. In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 5.8 mag to 15.7 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 0.7 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: 32 * date and approx. time of event: 2008 May 08, 18:57 - 2008 May 08, 19:01 UT * magnitude of target star: 9.9 * magnitude drop [mag]: 5.8 * estimated maximum duration [s]: 0.7 * Moon: 16 % sunlit, 39° distance * Sun: 86° distance * rough path description: Africa, Madagascar The occultation path -------------------- * approximate projected width [km]: 16 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 2.08 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 1.9 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- .031 +/- .025) * 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): ( .031", .025", 100° ) * approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 21.1174 * website for maps: http://www.asteroidoccultation.com Path Coordinates: Occultation of TYC 1401-00890-1 by 440 Theodora on 2008 May 8 Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Limit 1 Limit 2 Limit 3 Limit 4 o ' " o ' " h m s o o o o ' " o ' " o ' " o ' " Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude - 14 0 0 2 10 31 18 57 26 77 358 -1 2 5 51 2 15 10 1 46 28 2 34 31 - 13 0 0 1 51 18 18 57 32 77 353 -2 1 46 39 1 55 58 1 27 13 2 15 21 - 12 0 0 1 31 47 18 57 37 76 349 -3 1 27 7 1 36 27 1 7 40 1 55 52 - 11 0 0 1 11 57 18 57 43 76 346 -4 1 7 17 1 16 38 0 47 48 1 36 4 - 10 0 0 0 51 49 18 57 49 75 342 -5 0 47 8 0 56 30 0 27 38 1 15 58 - 9 0 0 0 31 23 18 57 54 74 339 -6 0 26 42 0 36 5 0 7 10 0 55 35 - 8 0 0 0 10 40 18 58 0 74 336 -7 0 5 58 0 15 22 - 0 13 36 0 34 53 - 7 0 0 - 0 10 21 18 58 5 73 334 -8 - 0 15 3 - 0 5 39 - 0 34 38 0 13 55 - 6 0 0 - 0 31 38 18 58 11 72 331 -9 - 0 36 21 - 0 26 55 - 0 55 58 - 0 7 21 - 5 0 0 - 0 53 11 18 58 17 71 329 -10 - 0 57 54 - 0 48 28 - 1 17 33 - 0 28 52 - 4 0 0 - 1 15 0 18 58 22 70 327 -11 - 1 19 44 - 1 10 17 - 1 39 24 - 0 50 39 - 3 0 0 - 1 37 5 18 58 28 70 325 -12 - 1 41 48 - 1 32 21 - 2 1 30 - 1 12 41 - 2 0 0 - 1 59 24 18 58 33 69 324 -13 - 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2008 Apr 08 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): 0.023, 0.015, 109° remarks: * orbital elements for (440) Theodora : Mean anomaly = 43.73438730 deg Arg. of pericenter = 178.59100619 deg Long. of node = 292.26825166 deg Inclination = 1.59877029 deg Eccentricity = 0.10796996 Semimajor axis = 2.21010695 AU Perihelion dist = 1.97148179 AU Mag: H = 11.49, G = 0.15 Epoch of elements : MJD 54594.79000000 TDT (2008 May 08.790) ------ occelmnt file for Occult BEGIN ----------------------------------- 2008 May 8 440 Theodora 18h 57.1m UT 9.9 9 6 34.032 15 7 30.82TYC 1401-00890-1 10.5 15.7 16 0.7 1.854 3.741 -16.13 -14.5969 15.129 -105.15 17.35 18.9511 -0.06055 -0.20277 11.42348 -3.40183 0.00499 -0.00152 2000 42.2975102008 5 4.00000178.591006292.268252 1.5987700.10796996 2.2101070 1.971481811.5 5.00.15 RATE 2.9997430 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 Meas 0.031 0.025 100 3.08 0.025 0 54579.5020080508_0890-1 ------ occelmnt file for Occult END ----------------------------------- ============================================ Calculator (s): Steve Preston Date of update: 2008 Apr 23, 04:11 UT Steve Preston 7640 NE 32nd St Medina, WA 98039 425-688-9965 mailto: stevepr@acm.org