Asteroidal occultations of stars brighter than 6.0m

    Date        UT     Dia  Durn  Star       Star        Asteroid              Visibility
Year Mon dd  hh:mm-mm   km  secs   mag   HIP #  Name     No. Name                region
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2004 Jan 31  14:10-14  107   5.9   5.2   70400 5392Vir*  739 Mandeville  New Zealand, Tahiti
2004 Feb 28   3:33-35   38   1.4   1.8   90185 eps Sgr* 1113 Katja       South Africa
2004 Apr 05  12:44-50   29   2.2   4.1   57380  nu Vir  2632 Guizhou     Japan, China, Mongolia
2004 Apr 17  19:09-12   48   1.6   5.6  105668  18 Aqr* 1819 Laputa      Australia
2004 Apr 20  19:10-28   27   2.4   5.2   69415  50 Hya  1780 Kippes      Indonesia, Yemen, Egypt
2004 Jun 11  22:32-36   25   2.3   4.5   78990 ome2Sco  2957 Tatsuo      South Africa
2004 Sep 06  15:26-33   67   3.9   2.4   84012 eta Oph*  287 Nephthys    Saudi Arabia, India
2004 Sep 20  15:42-45   86   5.3   5.8   27316 131 Tau   202 Chryseis    New Zealand
2004 Nov 10  20:10-30   22   2.6   4.3   11484  xi2Cet  1076 Viola       Russia, South Europe
2004 Dec 14  22:48-52   31   2.3   5.7   20087  51 Tau* 2524 Budovicium  South Africa
2004 Dec 21   6:03-07   71   5.2   5.7    2353  12 Cet  1028 Lydina      Chukotka

2005 Feb 14  12:51-52   21   0.9   6.0   79938     Sco  1783 Albitskij   New Zealand
2005 Mar 14   2:05-09   26   1.3   5.4   88380   7 Sgr   988 Appella     Central Africa
2005 Mar 29  22:14-25   38   3.1   5.7   56146  86 Leo  2421 Nininger    Central Africa
2005 Apr 19  21:54-61   22   1.9   4.8   93174 eps CrA  2734 Hasek       India, Indonesia
2005 Jun 19   3:38-50   19   2.3   4.9   73473 del Lib* 1695 Walbeck     Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
2005 Aug 01  18:50-52   30   1.3   4.8   66006  74 Vir  2192 Pyatigoriya Angola, Zambia
2005 Aug 11   0:16-18  113   2.7   1.2   37826 bet Gem   596 Scheila     Australia, New Zealand
2005 Oct 05   2:06-24   33   4.7   5.1   24879  19 Aur  2928 Epstein     South Europe, Algeria
2005 Oct 16   8:05-09   25   2.0   5.1   10053  14 Ari* 3237 Victorplatt Brazil, Columbia, Equador
2005 Oct 19   4:23-25   35   1.1   1.4   49669 alp Leo*  166 Rhodope     Spain, Italy, Greece
2005 Nov 06   0:51-52   89   2.4   6.0   85442     Oph   109 Felicitas   Equador
2005 Nov 22  19:25-27   22   0.6   5.5   96536     Sgr  3751 Kiang       Angola
2005 Nov 25  15:36-48   20   1.6   5.5   19388 ome1Tau  3264 Bounty      Jap, Korea, China, India
2005 Dec 02   0:00-20  124  19.2   5.6   37521  NZ Gem   405 Thia        Russia, Turkey, Africa
2005 Dec 04  19:13-15   46   1.3   5.7   99825     Cap  2765 Dinant      West Africa
2005 Dec 18  20:20-30   29   2.3   5.5   53273     Leo  1444 Pannonia    Somalia, Indian Ocean

2006 Jan 04  17:28-52   46   5.7   4.3   21589  90 Tau*  306 Unitas      Egypt, S.Arabia, Indnsia
2006 Apr 12   1:42-47   49   3.9   4.6   69974 lam Vir*  305 Gordonia    Angola, Zambia
2006 Jul 23  20:29-31   51   1.9   3.7   16083  xi Tau*  347 Pariana     Australia
2006 Sep 20   6:13-16   91  10.4   5.5  105665  33 Cap   385 Ilmatar     South America
2006 Nov 14   0:00-05   29   2.2   6.0   20873  76 Tau  4732 Froeschle   Kazahstan, Turkey, Africa
2006 Nov 24  15:10-22   27   2.4   4.0   12387 del Cet  2416 Sharonov    Siberia, Kazahstan
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Comments

- Search limited to numbered asteroids larger than 20 km
* double or multiple star
- Highlighted are stars brighter than 2m (Kaus Australis, Pollux and Regulus)
- nu Vir - M1IIIab class star (d~6mas), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- Aug 11, 2005 occultation of Pollux is completely a daytime event
- NZ Gem - giant variable star (M3II-III), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- Froeschle event starts at 23:54 on Nov 13, 2006
- Events observed so far are listed here (16 as of Dec. 27, 2004)

Links

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World results of observations by Jan Manek
Page created: Dec. 18th, 2002 22:00+0300
Last updated: Dec. 28th, 2004 00:10+0300

Denis Denissenko (denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru)