IOTA/IOTA-ES occultation update for 2011 UW410 / UCAC4 567-006031 event on 2023 Nov 25, 19:54 UT Visible from Summary ------- On 2023 Nov 25 UT, the 72.4 km diameter asteroid 2011 UW410 will occult a 13.0 mag star in the constellation Aries for observers along a path across . In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 11.38 mag to 24.38 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 2.920 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: 0 * date and approx. time of event: predicted path center does not land on Earth. * geocentric midpoint of event [JD]: 2460274.33088813 * magnitude of target star: 13.00 * magnitude drop [mag]: 11.38 * estimated maximum duration [s]: 2.920 * Moon: 97 % sunlit, 7° distance * Sun: 166° distance * rough path description: The occultation path -------------------- * approximate projected width [km]: 72 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [path widths]: +/- 317.36 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval [seconds]: +/- 1495.6 * 1 sigma uncertainty interval approx RA,DE ["]: (+/- 1.225, +/- 0.913) * 1 sigma uncertainty ellipse (major, minor, PA): (1.312", 0.783", 64°) * approx speed of asteroid's shadow [km/s]: 24.7760 * website for maps: http://www.asteroidoccultation.com Path Coordinates: No Lat/Long file for this path. Data for the target star ------------------------ * name: UCAC4 567-006031 * constellation : Aries * BCRS position with proper motion to date of event [h,m,s ; °,',"] RA: 03 02 04.2105 DE: +23 20 09.626 * GCRS Astrometric position with proper motion and parallax to date of event [h,m,s ; °,',"] RA: 03 02 04.2105 DE: +23 20 09.626 * position source: Gaia DR3 * standard error: RA,DE [mas]: (0.200,0.100) * V mag [mag]: 13.0 * Diameter [mas]: 0.00 * remarks: Data for the minor planet ------------------------- * general information: (number) name: 2011 UW410 asteroid class: TNO approx. diameter [km]: 72 approx. diameter ["]: 0.003 distance from Earth [AU]: 39.34590 asteroid position offset in RA [mas]: 0 asteroid position offset in DE [mas]: 0 * orbital information: orbit source: JPL#7 date of fit: 2021 Apr 15 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): 1.312", 0.783", 63.504° remarks: * orbital elements for 2011 UW410 : Mean anomaly = 80.1440002146 deg Arg. of pericenter = 287.5115747838 deg Long. of node = 17.8184140619 deg Inclination = 10.7229459068 deg Eccentricity = 0.2181137527 Semimajor axis = 39.9043611456 AU Perihelion dist = 31.2006711872 AU Mag: H = 8.30, G = 0.15 Epoch of elements : MJD 60273.82972222 TDT (2023 Nov 25.8297) ------ occelmnt file for Occult BEGIN ----------------------------------- JPL#72021Apr15,2.92,2023,11,25,19.941315,-0.369532,1.274708,-13.427221,-3.907508,0.001537,-0.000196,0.000001,0.000000 42.2474,23.4316,-122.37,-20.81,False UCAC4 567-006031,3.03450291,23.3360072,0.00,13.00,0.00,0.0,0,,3.05785156,23.4316430,11.38,0.00,0,0,0 0,2011 UW410,24.38,72.4,39.3459,0,0,-0.218,-0.87,,7.2 0,80.1408,2023,11,25,287.5116,17.8184,10.7229,0.21811,39.90436,31.20067,8.30,5.0,0.15 318.356,1.3123,0.7827,64,0.8052,Known errors,-1.00,-1,-1,-1 20231125_006031,59745.23 ------ occelmnt file for Occult END ----------------------------------- ============================================ Calculator (s): Steve Preston Date of update: 2022 Jun 15, 05:27 UT Steve Preston 7640 NE 32nd St Medina, WA 98039 stevepr@acm.org