IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for (255) Oppavia / UCAC4 265-122609 event on 2023 Jun 05, 09:13 UT Visible from W USA Summary ------- On 2023 Jun 05 UT, the 59.9 km diameter asteroid (255) Oppavia will occult a 12.4 mag star in the constellation Scorpius for observers along a path across W USA. In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.13 mag to 14.31 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 5.370 seconds. This update is based on, 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. The event at a glimpse ---------------------- * Rank: 99 * date and approx. time of event: 2023 Jun 05, 09:09 - 2023 Jun 05, 09:18 * geocentric midpoint of event [JD]: 2460100.88455429 * magnitude of target star: 12.35 * magnitude drop [mag]: 2.13 * estimated maximum duration [s]: 5.370 * Moon: 98 % sunlit, 11° distance * Sun: 162° distance * rough path description: W USA The occultation path -------------------- * approximate projected width [km]: 141 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 0.18 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 3.0 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- 0.027, +/- 0.005) * 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): (0.028", 0.004", 97°) * approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 11.1634 * website for maps: http://www.asteroidoccultation.com Path Coordinates: Occultation of UCAC4 265-122609 by 255 Oppavia on 2023 Jun 5 Centre Star Star Sun Path Limits Error Limits Alt E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Limit 1 Limit 2 Limit 3 Limit 4 Crn o ' " o ' " h m s o o o o ' " o ' " o ' " o ' " Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude -176 0 0 41 52 7 9 17 45.6 0 144 -18 .. .. .. 40 46 57 .. .. .. 40 24 38 .... -175 0 0 40 51 53 9 17 45.3 1 145 -19 41 58 23 39 49 41 42 23 27 39 28 18 -0.77 -174 0 0 39 55 10 9 17 44.4 3 145 -20 40 58 34 38 55 32 41 22 22 38 34 58 -1.49 -173 0 0 39 1 39 9 17 43.0 4 146 -21 40 2 24 38 4 15 40 25 6 37 44 23 -1.74 -172 0 0 38 11 4 9 17 41.1 5 146 -22 39 9 30 37 15 37 39 31 16 36 56 23 -1.86 -171 0 0 37 23 10 9 17 38.7 6 147 -23 38 19 35 36 29 28 38 40 33 36 10 48 -1.93 -170 0 0 36 37 48 9 17 35.8 7 148 -24 37 32 25 35 45 38 37 52 40 35 27 29 -1.98 -169 0 0 35 54 47 9 17 32.6 8 148 -25 36 47 49 35 4 1 37 7 26 34 46 19 -2.01 -168 0 0 35 14 0 9 17 29.0 9 149 -26 36 5 36 34 24 29 36 24 40 34 7 12 -2.04 -167 0 0 34 35 20 9 17 25.0 10 150 -27 35 25 39 33 46 57 35 44 13 33 30 3 -2.06 -166 0 0 33 58 41 9 17 20.7 11 150 -28 34 47 51 33 11 20 35 5 57 32 54 46 -2.07 -165 0 0 33 23 58 9 17 16.1 12 151 -29 34 12 5 32 37 33 34 29 47 32 21 18 -2.08 -164 0 0 32 51 6 9 17 11.2 13 151 -30 33 38 16 32 5 33 33 55 36 31 49 35 -2.09 -163 0 0 32 20 2 9 17 6.0 14 152 -31 33 6 20 31 35 16 33 23 20 31 19 34 -2.10 -162 0 0 31 50 42 9 17 0.5 14 153 -32 32 36 12 31 6 38 32 52 54 30 51 11 -2.10 -161 0 0 31 23 2 9 16 54.9 15 153 -32 32 7 50 30 39 38 32 24 15 30 24 24 -2.11 -160 0 0 30 57 0 9 16 48.9 16 154 -33 31 41 8 30 14 13 31 57 18 29 59 10 -2.11 -159 0 0 30 32 34 9 16 42.8 17 155 -34 31 16 5 29 50 19 31 32 1 29 35 28 -2.12 -158 0 0 30 9 40 9 16 36.5 17 155 -35 30 52 39 29 27 56 31 8 22 29 13 15 -2.12 -157 0 0 29 48 18 9 16 29.9 18 156 -35 30 30 46 29 7 1 30 46 18 28 52 29 -2.12 -156 0 0 29 28 24 9 16 23.2 19 157 -36 30 10 25 28 47 32 30 25 46 28 33 9 -2.12 -155 0 0 29 9 57 9 16 16.3 19 157 -36 29 51 33 28 29 29 30 6 45 28 15 14 -2.13 -154 0 0 28 52 56 9 16 9.3 20 158 -37 29 34 9 28 12 49 29 49 13 27 58 41 -2.13 -153 0 0 28 37 20 9 16 2.1 20 159 -37 29 18 12 27 57 31 29 33 8 27 43 30 -2.13 -152 0 0 28 23 6 9 15 54.7 21 160 -38 29 3 41 27 43 35 29 18 29 27 29 39 -2.13 -151 0 0 28 10 15 9 15 47.2 21 160 -38 28 50 33 27 30 58 29 5 15 27 17 8 -2.13 -150 0 0 27 58 44 9 15 39.6 22 161 -39 28 38 48 27 19 42 28 53 24 27 5 56 -2.13 -149 0 0 27 48 34 9 15 31.9 22 162 -39 28 28 24 27 9 43 28 42 56 26 56 1 -2.13 -148 0 0 27 39 43 9 15 24.1 23 163 -39 28 19 22 27 1 3 28 33 50 26 47 24 -2.13 -147 0 0 27 32 11 9 15 16.1 23 163 -39 28 11 41 26 53 39 28 26 5 26 40 4 -2.13 -146 0 0 27 25 57 9 15 8.1 23 164 -40 28 5 19 26 47 32 28 19 40 26 33 59 -2.14 -145 0 0 27 21 0 9 14 59.9 24 165 -40 28 0 16 26 42 41 28 14 35 26 29 11 -2.14 -144 0 0 27 17 21 9 14 51.7 24 166 -40 27 56 32 26 39 6 28 10 49 26 25 37 -2.14 -143 0 0 27 14 59 9 14 43.5 24 167 -40 27 54 7 26 36 47 28 8 22 26 23 19 -2.14 -142 0 0 27 13 53 9 14 35.1 24 167 -40 27 52 59 26 35 43 28 7 15 26 22 15 -2.14 -141 0 0 27 14 4 9 14 26.7 25 168 -40 27 53 10 26 35 54 28 7 25 26 22 26 -2.14 -140 0 0 27 15 32 9 14 18.2 25 169 -40 27 54 39 26 37 21 28 8 55 26 23 52 -2.14 -139 0 0 27 18 16 9 14 9.7 25 170 -40 27 57 26 26 40 2 28 11 43 26 26 33 -2.14 -138 0 0 27 22 17 9 14 1.2 25 171 -40 28 1 32 26 43 59 28 15 50 26 30 29 -2.14 -137 0 0 27 27 35 9 13 52.6 25 172 -40 28 6 55 26 49 11 28 21 16 26 35 39 -2.15 -136 0 0 27 34 10 9 13 44.0 25 172 -40 28 13 38 26 55 40 28 28 1 26 42 5 -2.15 -135 0 0 27 42 3 9 13 35.4 25 173 -40 28 21 40 27 3 24 28 36 6 26 49 46 -2.15 -134 0 0 27 51 13 9 13 26.8 25 174 -40 28 31 1 27 12 25 28 45 32 26 58 44 -2.15 -133 0 0 28 1 43 9 13 18.1 25 175 -39 28 41 43 27 22 43 28 56 18 27 8 58 -2.15 -132 0 0 28 13 31 9 13 9.5 25 176 -39 28 53 46 27 34 18 29 8 27 27 20 29 -2.16 -131 0 0 28 26 40 9 13 0.9 24 177 -39 29 7 11 27 47 12 29 21 58 27 33 18 -2.16 -130 0 0 28 41 10 9 12 52.3 24 178 -38 29 21 58 28 1 25 29 36 52 27 47 25 -2.16 -129 0 0 28 57 2 9 12 43.7 24 178 -38 29 38 10 28 16 59 29 53 12 28 2 52 -2.16 -128 0 0 29 14 17 9 12 35.2 24 179 -37 29 55 47 28 33 53 30 10 57 28 19 40 -2.17 -127 0 0 29 32 56 9 12 26.7 23 180 -37 30 14 51 28 52 10 30 30 10 28 37 49 -2.17 -126 0 0 29 53 1 9 12 18.3 23 181 -36 30 35 22 29 11 50 30 50 52 28 57 21 -2.17 -125 0 0 30 14 33 9 12 9.9 23 182 -36 30 57 24 29 32 55 31 13 4 29 18 17 -2.18 -124 0 0 30 37 34 9 12 1.6 22 183 -35 31 20 57 29 55 27 31 36 50 29 40 39 -2.18 -123 0 0 31 2 6 9 11 53.3 22 183 -35 31 46 5 30 19 27 32 2 11 30 4 28 -2.18 -122 0 0 31 28 11 9 11 45.2 21 184 -34 32 12 48 30 44 57 32 29 10 30 29 46 -2.19 -121 0 0 31 55 52 9 11 37.2 21 185 -33 32 41 11 31 12 0 32 57 49 30 56 36 -2.19 -120 0 0 32 25 11 9 11 29.3 20 186 -32 33 11 16 31 40 37 33 28 11 31 24 59 -2.19 -119 0 0 32 56 11 9 11 21.5 20 187 -32 33 43 7 32 10 51 34 0 21 31 54 58 -2.20 -118 0 0 33 28 55 9 11 13.8 19 187 -31 34 16 47 32 42 45 34 34 23 32 26 35 -2.20 -117 0 0 34 3 28 9 11 6.3 18 188 -30 34 52 20 33 16 23 35 10 20 32 59 55 -2.21 -116 0 0 34 39 53 9 10 59.0 18 189 -29 35 29 52 33 51 48 35 48 18 33 35 0 -2.21 -115 0 0 35 18 15 9 10 51.8 17 190 -28 36 9 29 34 29 4 36 28 24 34 11 54 -2.22 -114 0 0 35 58 39 9 10 44.9 16 191 -27 36 51 16 35 8 16 37 10 44 34 50 42 -2.23 -113 0 0 36 41 13 9 10 38.1 15 191 -26 37 35 22 35 49 29 37 55 26 35 31 29 -2.23 -112 0 0 37 26 3 9 10 31.6 14 192 -25 38 21 55 36 32 50 38 42 40 36 14 20 -2.24 -111 0 0 38 13 18 9 10 25.4 13 193 -24 39 11 7 37 18 25 39 32 38 36 59 22 -2.25 -110 0 0 39 3 9 9 10 19.4 13 193 -23 40 3 10 38 6 22 40 25 35 37 46 43 -2.26 -109 0 0 39 55 46 9 10 13.8 11 194 -22 40 58 19 38 56 51 41 21 46 38 36 31 -2.27 -108 0 0 40 51 26 9 10 8.5 10 195 -21 41 56 56 39 50 5 42 21 36 39 28 58 -2.29 -107 0 0 41 50 27 9 10 3.6 9 196 -20 42 59 25 40 46 17 43 25 31 40 24 16 -2.30 -106 0 0 42 53 12 9 9 59.2 8 196 -18 44 6 19 41 45 44 44 34 12 41 22 42 -2.33 -105 0 0 44 0 12 9 9 55.2 7 197 -17 45 18 24 42 48 49 45 48 30 42 24 34 -2.36 -104 0 0 45 12 9 9 9 51.8 5 198 -16 46 36 44 43 55 59 47 9 44 43 30 19 -2.41 -103 0 0 46 30 0 9 9 49.0 4 199 -14 48 2 59 45 7 53 48 39 58 44 40 28 -2.51 -102 0 0 47 55 11 9 9 47.1 2 199 -13 49 39 51 46 25 23 50 22 47 45 55 47 -2.75 -101 0 0 49 30 2 9 9 46.1 1 200 -11 .. .. .. 47 49 46 .. .. .. 47 17 20 -4.25 -100 0 0 .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 49 23 0 .. .. .. 48 46 42 .... Uncertainty in time = +/- 3 secs Prediction of 2023 Apr 29.2 Data for the target star ------------------------ * name: UCAC4 265-122609 * constellation : Scorpius * BCRS position with proper motion to date of event [h,m,s ; °,',"] RA: 17 36 38.4515 DE: -37 05 13.876 * GCRS Astrometric position with proper motion and parallax to date of event [h,m,s ; °,',"] RA: 17 36 38.4516 DE: -37 05 13.876 * position source: Gaia DR3 * standard error: RA,DE [mas]: (0.200,0.100) * V mag [mag]: 12.4 * Diameter [mas]: 0.00 * remarks: Data for the minor planet ------------------------- * general information: (number) name: (255) Oppavia asteroid class: approx. diameter [km]: 60 approx. diameter ["]: 0.047 distance from Earth [AU]: 1.75590 asteroid position offset in RA [mas]: 0 asteroid position offset in DE [mas]: 0 * orbital information: orbit source: JPL#59 date of fit: 2023 Apr 24 source of used astrometry: MPC, JPL number of used observations: 0 number of rejected observations: 0 time covered by the observations: 1800 Jan 01 - 1800 Jan 01 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): 0.028", 0.004", 96.769° remarks: * orbital elements for (255)Oppavia : Mean anomaly = 83.9859156703 deg Arg. of pericenter = 154.7482211648 deg Long. of node = 13.5817524537 deg Inclination = 9.4636280858 deg Eccentricity = 0.0789457614 Semimajor axis = 2.7459015346 AU Perihelion dist = 2.5291242472 AU Mag: H = 10.40, G = 0.15 Epoch of elements : MJD 60100.38444444 TDT (2023 Jun 05.3844) ------ occelmnt file for Occult BEGIN ----------------------------------- JPL#592023Apr24,5.37,2023,6,5,9.229303,-0.134989,0.895657,-6.230544,-0.939024,-0.001018,0.001330,0.000001,0.000000 -127.4208,-37.1018,41.18,22.54,False UCAC4 265-122609,17.61068098,-37.0871876,0.00,12.35,0.00,0.0,0,,17.63746586,-37.1018288,2.13,0.00,0,0,0 255,Oppavia,14.31,59.9,1.7559,0,0,-2.607,-4.70,,3.0,0 0,83.9026,2023,6,5,154.7482,13.5818,9.4636,0.07895,2.74590,2.52912,10.41,5.0,0.15 1.179,0.0277,0.0043,97,0.0084,Known errors,-1.00,-1,-1,-1 20230605_122609,60063.19 ------ occelmnt file for Occult END ----------------------------------- ============================================ Calculator (s): Steve Preston Date of update: 2023 Apr 29, 04:34 UT Steve Preston 7640 NE 32nd St Medina, WA 98039 stevepr@acm.org