Asteroidal occultations of bright stars (2010-2012)
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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2010 Mar 21 0:00-04 64 4.7 5.6 61968 31 Vir 1356 Nyanza Kazahstan, Russia
2010 Mar 23 13:38-45 52 4.2 5.7 34267 HR 2660 2617 Jiangxi Siberia, Japan
2010 Apr 06 10:30-40 34 8.6 2.6 81377 zet Oph 824 Anastasia West USA, Canada
2010 Apr 11 2:53-57 31 1.7 6.0 34002 HR 2647 995 Sternberga USA
2010 Jun 11 7:06-10 69 3.4 4.6 114144 55 Peg 547 Praxedis Equador,Colombia,Vnzuela
2010 Jun 25 8:12-28 73 7.1 5.6 95503 chi3Sgr 177 Irma Argent,Chile,New Zealand
2010 Jul 07 23:00-10 58 4.6 4.0 97804 eta Aql 904 Rockefellia India, C.Africa
2010 Jul 08 22:00-14 47 5.2 2.8 79593 del Oph 472 Roma W.Europe, E.Brazil
2010 Aug 08 9:14-22 54 4.8 3.5 93864 tau Sgr 2312 Duboshin New Guinea
2010 Sep 06 13:48-54 30 3.0 5.3 2762 BU Cet 4813 Terebizh Australia
2010 Nov 15 4:40-48 33 3.0 6.0 24020 ADS3730* 1889 Pakhmutova Brazil,Bolivia,Peru
2010 Nov 26 3:36-38 30 1.3 6.0 107302 45 Cap 1736 Floirac Mexico, Florida
2010 Nov 29 5:45-53 27 2.6 4.8 25539 114 Tau* 1674 Groeneveld Brazil, Peru
2010 Dec 07 22:39-43 131 5.4 5.4 109472 38 Aqr 356 Liguria N.Brazil, W.Africa
2011 Feb 17 23:30-32 29 1.2 5.8 83196 26 Oph 3157 Novikov Mozambique, Madagascar
2011 Apr 01 0:45-59 36 3.3 5.9 64445 FK 3053 1582 Martir S.Africa, Brazil
2011 Jul 28 1:56-58 73 2.2 3.9 20455 del1Tau* 380 Fiducia Sudan, S.Arabia
2011 Jul 30 7:46-48 38 1.6 5.1 16322 4 Tau 1693 Hertzsprung Mexico, Cuba
2011 Aug 27 19:12-28 25 1.9 5.3 107095 BY Cap 1340 Yvette Indonesia, S.Africa
2011 Aug 31 20:02-04 32 1.0 4.3 69427 kap Vir 2271 Kiso Spain, Morocco, Algeria
2011 Oct 09 7:43-48 68 7.5 2.6 28380 tet Aur 3564 Talthybius Argent, Paraguay, Brazil
2012 Jan 07 12:11-13 36 1.1 4.4 114855 psi1Aqr 1517 Beograd China, Korea
2012 Feb 09 9:18-20 36 1.1 4.3 3693 zet And* 4768 Hartley SE Russia, Japan
2012 Apr 25 17:12-14 70 2.3 5.3 32104 26 Gem 441 Bathilde W.Siberia
2012 Jul 25 18:55-59 60 6.6 5.3 115126 ADS16672* 816 Juliana Australia, Indonesia
2012 Sep 16 20:11-12 52 1.5 2.8 72622 alf2Lib* 363 Padua W.Africa
2012 Nov 04 18:27-30 28 1.9 5.4 104974 29 Cap 1389 Onnie Iceland
2012 Dec 17 22:55-59 57 5.1 5.4 19719 46 Tau* 631 Philippina NE Europe to Florida
2012 Dec 27 19:08-26 79 8.9 4.0 20885 tet1Tau 1107 Lictoria China,Russia,Scandinavia
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Comments
- Search limited to numbered asteroids over 25 km and durations over 1 sec
- Paths are VERY preliminary and may shift by thousand km and even more
* double or multiple star
- Nyanza event starts at 23:57 UT on Mar. 20, 2010
- Rockefellia event starts at 22:57 UT
- Roma event starts at 21:57 UT
- Juliana event ends at 19:05 UT
- Philippina event ends at 23:07 UT
- tau Sgr - K1III class star (d~5mas), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- 55 Peg - giant variable star (M2III), D and R may last up to 0.5 sec
- del Oph - giant variable star (M0.5III), D and R may last up to 2 sec
- tet 1 Tau - K0IIIb class star (d~4mas), D and R may last up to 1 sec
- Events observed so far are listed here (16 as of Sep. 7, 2004)
Links
Events for 2007-2009
Events for 2003-2006
Asteroid occultation updates by Steve Preston
World results of observations by Jan Manek
Page created: June 15th, 2003 19:00+0400
Last updated: Sep. 7th, 2004 17:00+0400
Denis Denissenko
(denis@hea.iki.rssi.ru)