Wednesday 27th of January 2016 ~ 03:47:00 UTC (283) Emma occult TYC 1888-00304-1u(mag 11.2)


  • Download the Google Earth File KMZ
  • green line is the central line of (283) Emma
  • blue lines show the estimate size of (283) Emma
  • red lines the 1-sigma error for the path
  • white lines show S/2003 (283) 1
Event
  • Max duration : 11.2 seconds
  • Mag drop : 2.4
  • Shadow velocity : 10.9 km/s
  • Ingress Earth : 2016-01-27 3h37
  • Egress Earth  : 2016-01-27 3h57
  • Moon illumination : 91%
  • Moon phase : Waning gibbous
Asteroidal system
  • Name : (283) Emma
  • Mag : 13.5
  • Asteroid Diameter : 122 km
  • Geocentric distance : 2.225 AU
  • Number of satellite : 1
  • Satellite : S/2003 (283) 1
  • Diameter : 10 km
  • Max duration : 0.9 sec
Occulted Star
  • Name : TYC 1888-00304-1u
  • Used RA   :   06:40:48.9452 J2000
  • Used DEC : +26:24:54.381 J2000
  • Mv : 11.2
  • VizieR - Aladin
Historic
  • 2015-06-30 : Create prediction
Prediction for (283) Emma and S/2003 (283) 1 (wide views)

Emma

Emma

Emma

Emma

S/2003 (283) 1

S/2003 (283) 1

S/2003 (283) 1

S/2003 (283) 1
Ephemerides from IMCCE

Ephemeris for (283) Emma

Ephemeris for S/2003 (283) 1

Ephemeris from Miriade for the date of occultation and geocenter frame. For more specific ephemeris please use the documentation of Miriade.

Orbitography for the (283) Emma system

S/2003 (283) 1

S/2003 (283) 1

Astrometric observations centered on (283) Emma.
Dot represents one observed position. The vector shows ephemeris position from observed position.

S/2003 (283) 1

S/2003 (283) 1

Geometry of orbit for the (283) Emma system view from Earth
  • Cyan circle show the position of the satellite S/2003 (283) 1 at the occultation date.
  • The black dots show next positions during almost a period
  • In the center, (283) Emma represented by an ellipsoid
    • Contents
    • Orbital solution fitted by Genoid project (Vachier F., Berthier J., Carry B. & M. Pajuelo) IMCCE/CNRS
    • Ephemeris has made available with Miriade Project (Berthier J. & Vachier F.) IMCCE/CNRS
    • Occultation Prediction by Vachier F. using Occult (Occultation Prediction Software by D.Herald)
    • Ephemeris and offset based on ASTORB (Edward Bowell)