Asteroid occultation on Jan 28, 2011

[PTS]

hi,
Attached are finder charts from DSS and The Sky 6.

PTS
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IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
(93) Minerva / 2UCAC 43944479 event on 2011 Jan 28, 10:13 UT
Visible from USA, Japan


Summary
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On 2011 Jan 28 UT, the 170 km diameter asteroid (93) Minerva will occult a 12.9
mag star in the constellation Auriga for observers along a path across USA,
Japan.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star
will drop by 0.6 mag to 12.6 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most
15.7 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly
provided by Alice Monet, TMO astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill
Owen, historical astrometry from the MPC files (via AstDys), and the following
catalogs for the star position: UCAC.

The event at a glimpse
----------------------
* Rank: 87
* date and approx. time of event: 2011 Jan 28, 10:03 - 2011 Jan 28, 10:21 UT
* magnitude of target star: 12.9
* magnitude drop [mag]: 0.6
* estimated maximum duration [s]: 15.7
* Moon: 30 % sunlit, 145� distance
* Sun: 146� distance
* rough path description: USA, Japan

The occultation path
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* approximate projected width [km]: 174
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 0.56
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 7.5
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- .059 +/- .058)
* 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): ( .059", .058", 90� )
* approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 10.8358
* website for maps:
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com

[PTS]

hi,
Attached are finder charts from DSS and The Sky 6.

PTS
********************************

IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for
(93) Minerva / 2UCAC 43944479 event on 2011 Jan 28, 10:13 UT
Visible from USA, Japan


Summary
-------
On 2011 Jan 28 UT, the 170 km diameter asteroid (93) Minerva will occult a 12.9
mag star in the constellation Auriga for observers along a path across USA,
Japan.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star
will drop by 0.6 mag to 12.6 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most
15.7 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly
provided by Alice Monet, TMO astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill
Owen, historical astrometry from the MPC files (via AstDys), and the following
catalogs for the star position: UCAC.

The event at a glimpse
----------------------
* Rank: 87
* date and approx. time of event: 2011 Jan 28, 10:03 - 2011 Jan 28, 10:21 UT
* magnitude of target star: 12.9
* magnitude drop [mag]: 0.6
* estimated maximum duration [s]: 15.7
* Moon: 30 % sunlit, 145� distance
* Sun: 146� distance
* rough path description: USA, Japan

The occultation path
--------------------
* approximate projected width [km]: 174
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 0.56
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 7.5
* 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- .059 +/- .058)
* 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): ( .059", .058", 90� )
* approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 10.8358
* website for maps:
http://www.asteroidoccultation.com

It seems there is not much chance.

PTS