DATE_TIME DOW AST AST_NAME S R ASTER TAX ROT ANG_ MAX_ SES R D I Mdeg Mpct STAR_NAME VMAG RMAG dMAG DURs PATH LOCATION S P S M T L W E D R C R Q F COMMENTS LINK
A S _DIAM PER DIAM ANG_ A A O _ERR C A T O I O T L U S O I I
T V DIAM P M T I T A O M C H E R R S S N
_20 I A H R N E R V C T K
11/14/2013 19:40 Thu 8 Flora 0 1 135.9 - 13 0.19 0.21 4 1 1 1 72.1 91.9 HIP 102280 7.2 3.45 7.1 0.10 Africa 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 67 n Steve's best match Link
10/25/2013 12:31 Fri 41 Daphne 1 1 174.0 Ch 6 0.10 0.23 19 1 1 1 169.0 63.3 HIP 97157 6.7 5.61 9.0 0.08 E Russia 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 66 y Steve's best match, Paul's pic Link
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03/07/2014 03:14 Fri 9 Metis 1 190.0 - 5 0.11 0.23 14 1 179.0 36.2 HIP 78193 7.9 3.24 24.5 0.15 Europe 3 3 3 3 2 3 64
11/01/2013 18:48 Fri 511 Davida 0 1 326.1 C 5 0.15 0.28 13 1 1 1 120.7 3.7 TYC 0093-00170-1 9.8 1.02 51.1 0.14 Russia, SW Asia 3 3 3 3 1 3 61 n Steve's best match Link
11/10/2013 23:35 Sun 511 Davida 0 1 326.1 C 5 0.15 0.28 13 1 1 1 104.6 59.0 TYC 0093-00592-1 9.0 1.44 35.2 0.11 Africa 3 3 3 3 1 3 61 n Steve's best match Link
04/13/2014 04:05 Sun 9 Metis 1 190.0 - 5 0.11 0.23 14 1 63.0 95.4 HIP 78216 9.3 1.41 30.2 0.16 S America 3 3 3 3 1 3 61
11/17/2013 19:59 Sun 107 Camilla 1 1 222.6 X 5 0.10 0.13 31 1 1 1 108.5 99.9 TYC 0262-00155-1 10.0 3.33 10.3 0.25 Taiwan, S China 3 3 3 3 1 2 59 n Steve's best match Link
11/19/2013 16:24 Tue 18 Melpomene 0 1 140.6 S 12 0.13 0.23 9 1 1 55.4 96.2 TYC 0811-00027-1 9.4 1.41 15.5 0.25 E Russia 3 3 3 3 1 2 59 n Steve's best match Link
01/27/2014 23:27 Mon 7 Iris 1 199.8 S 7 0.17 0.32 4 1 94.7 13.1 TYC 0590-01325-1 8.7 1.47 6.4 0.14 S America 3 3 3 3 1 2 59
10/17/2014 05:41 Fri 7 Iris 1 199.8 S 7 0.17 0.32 4 1 20.5 36.4 HIP 49256 8.0 2.51 7.3 0.09 Africa 3 3 3 2 1 2 57
12/18/2014 14:12 Thu 702 Alauda 1 1 194.7 B 8 0.11 0.13 3 155.0 13.6 HIP 13832 6.2 6.20 17.1 0.14 Australia 2 3 3 3 1 2 55
11/08/2014 13:18 Sat 93 Minerva 1 1 141.5 C 6 0.09 0.14 4 14.5 96.9 TYC 2356-01149-1 9.5 2.69 12.8 0.28 Japan 2 3 3 1 2 2 54
03/23/2014 03:28 Sun 51 Nemausa 1 147.9 Ch 8 0.14 0.17 6 160.8 60.6 HIP 31495 9.7 2.29 11.2 0.13 Mexico, Caribbean 1 3 3 3 2 2 54
04/24/2014 10:59 Thu 59 Elpis 1 164.8 B 14 0.14 0.16 2 155.3 26.0 HIP 42383 8.1 5.22 14.2 0.17 Australia 1 3 3 3 2 2 54
08/26/2014 01:40 Tue 5 Astraea 1 119.1 S 17 0.11 0.15 4 143.3 0.3 HIP 4297 8.2 3.34 17.7 0.23 Europe 1 3 3 3 2 2 54
11/08/2013 23:16 Fri 283 Emma 1 1 148.1 - 7 0.12 0.13 10 1 30.0 36.3 HIP 88541 7.3 7.20 3.2 0.29 S America 2 3 3 2 1 2 53 n Link
08/02/2014 11:28 Sat 165 Loreley 1 154.8 Cb 7 0.11 0.12 2 71.8 34.1 HIP 89319 9.3 3.01 28.4 0.28 Indonesia 1 3 3 3 1 3 53
01/06/2014 22:21 Mon 317 Roxane 1 0 18.7 Xe 8 0.02 0.02 14 123.1 37.7 TYC 1383-00663-1 9.5 3.83 1.6 1.81 Europe, MidEast, India 2 1 3 3 2 2 52
08/10/2014 19:43 Sun 93 Minerva 1 1 141.5 C 6 0.09 0.14 4 101.0 99.8 TYC 1803-00296-1 9.2 4.20 8.1 0.40 Asia 2 2 3 3 1 2 52
10/21/2013 19:32 Mon 313 Chaldaea 0 1 96.3 - 8 0.07 0.13 5 1 84.4 92.3 HIP 47310 4.7 8.60 3.0 0.31 Japan, China 1 2 3 3 2 2 51 n Link
02/18/2014 15:55 Tue 914 Palisana 1 76.6 - 16 0.09 0.11 2 63.3 87.8 TYC 5439-00698-1 9.5 3.92 7.1 0.72 Australia 1 2 3 3 2 2 51
09/15/2014 11:00 Mon 63 Ausonia 1 103.1 Sa 9 0.07 0.13 1 109.2 55.7 TYC 5797-00859-1 9.7 1.17 13.7 0.37 Australia 1 2 3 3 2 2 51
10/09/2014 17:25 Thu 690 Wratislavia 1 134.7 - 9 0.08 0.12 1 126.5 98.1 HIP 86605 9.9 3.98 6.0 0.39 Europe 1 2 3 3 2 2 51
10/05/2013 16:13 Sat 128 Nemesis 0 1 188.2 C 39 0.14 0.18 2 1 165.2 0.6 HIP 4516 8.9 1.84 14.6 0.16 Philippines, SE Asia, Sri 1 3 3 3 1 2 51 n Steve's best match Link
Lanka, Africa
10/13/2013 06:56 Sun 94 Aurora 0 1 204.9 C 7 0.14 0.15 3 1 1 56.7 64.7 TYC 0005-00110-1 8.9 3.08 19.1 0.26 Brazil, Argentina, Chile 1 3 3 3 1 2 51 n Steve's best match Link
12/09/2013 15:43 Mon 120 Lachesis 0 1 174.1 C 47 0.08 0.12 6 110.4 50.2 HIP 32056 9.5 3.16 14.6 0.19 Japan, E Russia, China, SW 1 3 3 3 1 2 51 n Steve's best match Link
Asia
01/03/2014 01:29 Fri 241 Germania 1 168.9 B 16 0.13 0.13 2 162.5 3.9 TYC 1354-00434-1 9.4 2.70 13.2 0.25 S America, Africa 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
02/01/2014 18:15 Sat 85 Io 1 154.8 B 7 0.14 0.18 2 135.7 5.5 TYC 0187-01061-1 9.5 2.90 14.9 0.20 Asia 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
02/04/2014 02:19 Tue 194 Prokne 1 168.4 C 16 0.12 0.23 1 144.1 23.0 TYC 0252-01354-1 9.2 3.39 11.2 0.23 S America 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
03/28/2014 20:02 Fri 51 Nemausa 1 147.9 Ch 8 0.14 0.17 6 118.5 5.2 HIP 32049 7.7 4.22 9.9 0.20 Africa 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
DATE_TIME DOW AST AST_NAME S R ASTER TAX ROT ANG_ MAX_ SES R D I Mdeg Mpct STAR_NAME VMAG RMAG dMAG DURs PATH LOCATION S P S M T L W E D R C R Q F COMMENTS LINK
A S _DIAM PER DIAM ANG_ A A O _ERR C A T O I O T L U S O I I
T V DIAM P M T I T A O M C H E R R S S N
_20 I A H R N E R V C T K
05/03/2014 09:17 Sat 105 Artemis 1 119.1 Ch 37 0.10 0.16 2 123.0 16.7 HIP 106110 7.7 5.35 4.6 0.25 S America 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
05/04/2014 10:12 Sun 34 Circe 1 113.5 Ch 12 0.08 0.11 3 156.7 24.9 HIP 84647 7.4 5.31 17.3 0.19 S America 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
05/27/2014 17:24 Tue 95 Arethusa 1 136.0 Ch 9 0.10 0.12 2 84.6 1.1 HIP 45163 8.4 5.65 7.9 0.18 MidEast 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
06/01/2014 15:35 Sun 13 Egeria 1 207.6 Ch 7 0.16 0.2 3 133.2 14.5 TYC 7353-02144-1 9.6 1.27 16.4 0.21 Australia 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
07/20/2014 17:15 Sun 451 Patientia 1 225.0 - 10 0.11 0.17 7 147.9 33.2 HIP 65106 7.1 5.62 10.5 0.10 S Africa 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
08/02/2014 17:11 Sat 386 Siegena 1 165.0 C 10 0.08 0.15 6 74.6 37.2 TYC 0433-00335-1 9.8 2.33 17.8 0.20 Asia 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
12/26/2014 04:04 Fri 81 Terpsichore 1 119.1 Cb 11 0.06 0.12 1 114.3 21.5 TYC 2416-00989-1 9.4 2.24 15.2 0.25 S America 1 3 3 3 1 2 51
10/04/2014 18:08 Sat 70 Panopaea 1 122.2 Ch 16 0.05 0.14 1 40.4 81.4 TYC 5266-00682-1 9.4 1.98 14.6 0.26 S Africa, Australia 1 3 3 1 2 2 50
12/23/2013 16:12 Mon 335 Roberta 0 1 89.1 B 12 0.08 0.12 1 115.0 68.5 TYC 0641-00088-1 9.7 3.71 22.8 0.47 Russia 1 2 3 3 1 3 50 n Monday before Christmas Link
11/12/2013 20:38 Tue 712 Boliviana 0 1 127.6 X 12 0.10 0.15 7 16.4 77.7 TYC 0599-00529-1 9.7 2.07 20.4 0.26 India 1 3 3 1 1 3 49 n Link
05/12/2014 15:38 Mon 451 Patientia 1 225.0 - 10 0.11 0.17 7 23.1 94.3 HIP 64387 8.5 3.38 24.5 0.14 Asia 1 3 3 1 1 3 49
10/17/2013 01:57 Thu 173 Ino 0 1 154.1 Xk 6 0.08 0.18 2 1 70.4 96.1 TYC 6301-00762-1 9.4 3.39 8.1 0.36 Mexico 1 2 3 3 1 2 48 n Link
11/17/2013 16:40 Sun 481 Emita 0 1 0.0 Ch 14 0.00 0 1 1 110.3 100 TYC 6929-00419-1 9.9 4.12 3.8 0.50 Africa 1 2 3 3 1 2 48 n Link
11/18/2013 06:49 Mon 751 Faina 0 1 110.5 Ch 24 0.08 0.11 2 1 73.8 99.5 TYC 1962-01513-1 9.3 4.20 9.5 0.31 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48 n Link
12/16/2013 20:29 Mon 137 Meliboea 0 1 145.4 - 26 0.12 0.13 1 1 77.5 99.6 TYC 0001-00558-1 9.9 3.45 9.3 0.38 Africa 1 2 3 3 1 2 48 n Link
01/04/2014 17:24 Sat 626 Notburga 1 100.7 Xc 19 0.12 0.14 2 125.2 15.8 TYC 3799-01911-1 9.8 2.70 6.4 0.47 India, China 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
01/27/2014 23:51 Mon 602 Marianna 1 124.7 - 30 0.11 0.13 1 150.2 13.0 HIP 37265 4.9 7.91 9.8 0.33 Asia 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
03/03/2014 13:56 Mon 626 Notburga 1 100.7 Xc 19 0.12 0.14 2 88.0 7.0 HIP 33674 8.9 4.52 5.3 0.69 Indonesia 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
03/15/2014 19:24 Sat 105 Artemis 1 119.1 Ch 37 0.10 0.16 2 137.3 99.0 TYC 5164-00557-1 9.4 3.85 3.0 0.54 Australia 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
03/28/2014 07:50 Fri 690 Wratislavia 1 134.7 - 9 0.08 0.12 1 66.4 8.2 HIP 87378 9.9 4.07 13.8 0.46 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
04/06/2014 04:53 Sun 98 Ianthe 1 104.5 Ch 16 0.12 0.12 1 156.4 39.0 TYC 7894-01359-1 7.4 6.30 10.0 0.73 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
04/16/2014 08:42 Wed 39 Laetitia 1 149.5 S 5 0.06 0.14 9 63.8 98.6 TYC 5697-02124-1 9.9 1.64 18.9 0.30 Caribbean 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
05/02/2014 08:24 Fri 34 Circe 1 113.5 Ch 12 0.08 0.11 3 176.3 9.7 TYC 6233-01143-1 10.0 2.82 18.8 0.41 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
06/24/2014 00:56 Tue 790 Pretoria 1 170.4 - 10 0.09 0.12 1 174.6 11.1 TYC 6196-01106-1 9.5 3.33 16.1 0.50 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
08/16/2014 07:19 Sat 233 Asterope 1 102.8 K 20 0.10 0.1 3 84.8 62.3 TYC 5187-00323-1 9.4 2.16 10.1 0.46 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
10/18/2014 12:53 Sat 27 Euterpe 1 96.0 S 10 0.07 0.14 3 149.3 24.6 TYC 6324-00346-1 9.7 2.44 8.2 0.49 Australia 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
10/24/2014 06:25 Fri 69 Hesperia 1 138.1 X 6 0.08 0.13 3 97.6 0.1 TYC 0786-00445-1 9.4 2.52 7.9 0.31 S America 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
11/05/2014 22:02 Wed 241 Germania 1 168.9 B 16 0.13 0.13 2 138.5 98.7 HIP 54766 8.5 5.41 5.7 0.32 Asia 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
11/13/2014 12:09 Thu 85 Io 1 154.8 B 7 0.14 0.18 2 52.1 60.2 TYC 4938-00817-1 9.8 3.93 6.1 0.40 Mexico 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
12/05/2014 18:25 Fri 212 Medea 1 136.1 - 10 0.08 0.1 1 116.0 99.1 TYC 6334-01827-1 9.7 4.62 4.6 0.56 Europe 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
12/07/2014 18:04 Sun 212 Medea 1 136.1 - 10 0.08 0.1 1 140.9 98.4 TYC 6335-00730-1 9.7 4.64 4.5 0.99 Europe 1 2 3 3 1 2 48
08/02/2014 14:35 Sat 65 Cybele 1 237.3 Xc 6 0.09 0.17 9 27.0 35.8 TYC 5593-00293-1 9.8 2.69 24.8 0.47 Australia 1 2 3 2 1 3 48
DATE_TIME DOW AST AST_NAME S R ASTER TAX ROT ANG_ MAX_ SES R D I Mdeg Mpct STAR_NAME VMAG RMAG dMAG DURs PATH LOCATION S P S M T L W E D R C R Q F COMMENTS LINK
A S _DIAM PER DIAM ANG_ A A O _ERR C A T O I O T L U S O I I
T V DIAM P M T I T A O M C H E R R S S N
_20 I A H R N E R V C T K
08/09/2014 14:18 Sat 426 Hippo 1 127.1 - 34 0.06 0.11 3 27.5 97.5 HIP 90639 7.0 6.16 12.0 0.36 Australia 1 2 3 1 2 2 47
10/22/2013 01:13 Tue 1021 Flammario 0 1 99.4 B 12 0.07 0.13 1 1 44.3 90.5 HIP 34828 8.1 4.76 8.1 0.22 NW Russia, Scandinavia 1 3 3 1 1 2 47 n Steve's best match Link
12/18/2013 20:45 Wed 51 Nemausa 0 1 147.9 Ch 8 0.14 0.17 6 1 11.6 98.0 TYC 0161-02518-1 9.5 1.45 18.0 0.21 Taiwan, China, India, Arab 1 3 3 1 1 2 47 n Steve's best match Link
ia, Africa
12/13/2014 02:56 Sat 11 Parthenope 1 153.3 Sk 14 0.12 0.18 7 46.3 63.2 HIP 65379 8.4 3.62 4.6 0.25 Europe 1 3 3 1 1 2 47
02/23/2014 08:56 Sun 375 Ursula 1 216.0 Xc 17 0.14 0.16 1 35.2 42.2 TYC 7431-01677-1 9.5 3.71 5.8 0.64 S America 1 2 3 2 1 2 46
10/27/2014 22:33 Mon 240 Vanadis 1 103.9 C 11 0.07 0.13 2 23.3 17.8 TYC 6874-00450-1 8.9 5.61 4.4 0.66 S America 1 2 3 2 1 2 46
03/24/2014 02:16 Mon 626 Notburga 1 100.7 Xc 19 0.12 0.14 2 155.2 50.3 TYC 2948-00322-1 8.4 5.37 4.3 1.04 Europe 1 1 3 3 1 2 45
02/11/2014 12:09 Tue 626 Notburga 1 100.7 Xc 19 0.12 0.14 2 32.5 88.9 TYC 3399-01065-1 9.4 3.54 5.6 0.62 Asia, Indonesia 1 2 3 1 1 2 44
07/08/2014 12:20 Tue 43 Ariadne 1 65.9 Sk 6 0.05 0.11 4 24.7 79.0 HIP 66453 9.9 1.83 5.1 0.59 Asia 1 2 3 1 1 2 44
07/14/2014 16:10 Mon 426 Hippo 1 127.1 - 34 0.06 0.11 3 45.3 93.0 TYC 7420-01036-1 9.9 2.89 8.8 0.57 India, Australia 1 2 3 1 1 2 44
08/01/2014 22:27 Fri 372 Palma 1 188.6 B 9 0.08 0.18 2 38.8 30.2 TYC 7809-01944-1 10.0 3.99 13.9 0.58 S America 1 2 3 1 1 2 44
10/31/2014 21:42 Fri 34 Circe 1 113.5 Ch 12 0.08 0.11 3 49.9 59.8 TYC 6258-00984-1 9.7 4.58 3.2 0.73 S America 1 2 3 1 1 2 44
12/06/2014 05:01 Sat 404 Arsinoe 1 97.7 Ch 9 0.07 0.12 1 30.1 99.8 TYC 1893-00591-1 9.0 4.25 10.5 0.39 S America 1 2 3 1 1 2 44
04/18/2014 06:24 Fri 43 Ariadne 1 65.9 Sk 6 0.05 0.11 4 37.9 89.5 TYC 6122-00014-1 9.7 0.86 8.0 0.64 S America 1 2 2 1 1 2 41
12/27/2013 17:59 Fri 6 Hebe 0 1 185.2 S 7 0.26 0.26 24 1 1 1 77.3 28.0 HIP 95168 3.9 6.60 4.0 0.06 Africa 3 3 3 3 0 2 28 n Two days after Christmas Link
05/03/2014 08:44 Sat 74 Galatea 1 118.7 C 17 0.14 0.15 2 153.4 16.5 HIP 79169 7.9 5.51 8.4 0.31 S America 1 2 3 3 0 2 23
11/03/2014 06:05 Mon 69 Hesperia 1 138.1 X 6 0.08 0.13 3 126.3 83.3 HIP 38672 9.0 1.27 10.2 0.42 Greenland 1 2 3 3 0 2 23
11/02/2013 06:58 Sat 2 Pallas 0 1 545.0 B 8 0.28 0.61 5 1 1 60.9 2.1 TYC 6028-00309-1 9.6 0.39 21.9 0.14 S America 1 3 0 3 1 3 22 n
02/21/2014 23:03 Fri 2 Pallas 1 545.0 B 8 0.28 0.61 5 80.8 59.0 TYC 5482-00940-1 9.4 0.12 33.7 0.06 S America 1 3 0 3 1 3 22
10/06/2013 20:27 Sun 2 Pallas 0 1 545.0 B 8 0.28 0.61 5 1 1 74.2 4.3 TYC 5436-00385-1 9.7 0.43 16.7 0.10 SE Asia 1 3 0 3 1 2 21 n
10/26/2013 15:21 Sat 516 Amherstia 0 1 73.1 X 7 0.05 0.1 1 1 1 86.5 53.3 HIP 8175 8.5 1.08 4.1 0.57 Australia 1 2 0 3 1 2 20 n close double star Link
11/10/2013 13:16 Sun 17 Thetis 0 1 90.0 Sl 12 0.06 0.11 1 1 1 112.2 52.9 HIP 22505 7.9 4.06 7.4 0.29 Australia 1 3 0 3 0 2 20 n close double star Link
05/14/2014 11:51 Wed 109 Felicitas 1 Ch 13 0.12 0 38.8 99.9 TYC 7381-00567-1 9.6 4.62 7.2 0.99 Mexico 0 2 3 1 1 2 20
08/11/2014 10:01 Mon 587 Hypsipyle 1 3 0 0 38.9 99.2 HIP 98008 7.2 1.66 0.9 5.17 Australia 0 1 3 1 2 1 19
Version 02 contains Steve Preston's occultations that meet the following criteria:
- Date is later than Oct 05, 2013
- All asteroids either have a satellite or are resolvable or are USA lower-science events.
Three versions of the occultation table are provided:
- US-only (occult_us_v10.html)
- non-US (occult_non_us_v10.html)
- all (occult_v10.html)
Date-sorted versions of all three tables are also provided.
In addition, non-html versions of the raw data are provided for import into Excel (drop ".html" from the filenames).
Each table contains the following fields:
DATE_TIME
Date and time of the occultation in UNITY date format (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM)
DOW:
Day Of the Week (first three letters, i.e. Sun, Mon, Tue...) in London (GMT).
Note that nights are split into Sun/Mon, Mon/Tue, etc...
AST:
Asteroid number
AST_NAME:
Asteroid name
SAT:
1 = Asteroid has a satellite
0 = no satellite
RSV:
1 = Asteroid is resolvable with AO
0 = Asteroid is not resolvable with AO
ASTER_DIAM:
From Horizons, the asteroid's diameter (units = KM)
SPECTYPE
From PDS, taxonomy from Bus/Binzel 2002 SMASSII survey.
ROTPER
From the IAU Minor Planet Center Lightcurve Database, the asteroid's rotational period (units = hours).
ANG_DIAM:
From Horizons, the asteroid's angular diameter (units = arcseconds)
SES:
The number of times we have observed this asteroid.
(note: some sessions may not be useful due to weather, other sessions may be part of RAP, Resolved Asteroid Program)
RAP:
The number of potential Resolved Asteroid Program sessions (note - some RAP sessions may not be useful).
DAMI:
"1" indicates the asteroid is on the DAMIT mass priority list.
IOTA:
"1" indicates the asteroid is on the IOTA modeling priority list.
Mdeg:
From Horizons, the target-observer-Moon angle (lunar elongation, units = degrees).
Mpct:
From Horizons, the Moon's illumination (phase, units = percent).
STAR_NAME:
Star Name.
VMAG:
Star visual magnitude verified in UCAC4 (Vmag, used for evaluation only if RMAG field is empty).
RMAG:
Star Red magnitude (rmag) from UCAC4 via VizieR site.
dMAG:
Drop in star magnitude due to the occultation.
DURs:
How long the occultation will last, approximately (units = seconds)
PATH_ERR:
Path/track error offset (units = track widths)
LOCATION:
Significant land masses where the occultation can be viewed
SCI:
Second crude attempt at a SwRI prioritization (this may still change later):
3 = RAP (even if the number of prior RAP sessions = 0)
2 = non-RAP but is Trojan or has satellite
1 = No trojan or satellite or RAP, and has been observed before (SES > 0)
0 = No trojan or satellite or RAP, and has not been observed before (SES = 0)
PATH:
A grading of the path quality based upon path-widths of error (PATH_ERR):
3 = PATH_ERR < 0.3
2 = 0.3 < PATH_ERR < 1.0
1 = PATH_ERR > 1.0
Note: A poor rating could mean that better astrometry is needed.
STAR:
Star quality approximation:
3 = Bright star (MAG < 10.5), good mag drop (dMAG > 0.5), normal star
2 = Either the MAG or dMAG is iffy (10.5 < MAG < 11.5, 0.5 < dMAG < 1.0)
1 = Both the MAG and dMAG are iffy (10.5 < MAG < 11.5, 0.5 < dMAG < 1.0)
0 = MAG is bad (>11.5), dMAG is bad (<0.5), or double star
(currently we don't down-weight other star issues)
MOON:
Moon quality approximation (note - some values may need adjustment):
3 = Star's lunar elongation > 50 degrees
2 = Elongation < 50 degrees, but dim Moon (Mpct < 50) or bright star (MAG < 10)
1 = Elongation < 50 degrees, but bright Moon (Mpct > 50) or dim star (MAG > 10)
0 = Elongation < 50 degrees, bright Moon (Mpct > 50) and dim star (MAG > 10)
SUN:
Subjective rating of dusk/dawn at the best observing location
3 = dark
2 = within 3 hrs of sunset or 1 hr of sunrise
1 = twilight conditions
0 = daylight, forget it
LOC:
Subjective rating of LOCATION:
3 = Visible from continental USA or Europe
2 = Visible from another location that is somewhat accessible
1 = Visible from a poor-access location
0 = forget about it, only the dolphins will view this one
WTHR:
Subjective rating of seasonal weather at the best observing site:
3 = No weather issues foreseen
2 = Iffy weather, perhaps a cold winter location or dusty in the summer
1 = Severe weather concerns, or concerns due to minimal locations (i.e. FLA-only)
ELEV:
Subjective rating of elevation at the best observing site:
3 = Greater than ~45 degrees
2 = Between ~15 and ~45 degrees
1 = Less than ~15 degrees
DUR:
Occultation duration:
3 = DURs > 20.0
2 = 1.0 < DURs < 20.0
1 = 0.5 < DURs < 1.0
0 = DURs < 0.5
RSRC:
Subjective rating of our ability to deploy sufficient resources (3=good, 1=poor)
COST:
Subjective rating of the relative cost of the observations (3=best, 1=expensive)
RISK:
Subjective rating of our odds of success (3=good, 0=no_way)
Q:
Sorting field, currently (LQ+PRI+SQ+MQ)*8, can be set by hand
FIN:
Finalist selections by SwRI, based on all known criteria (above).
y = yes, this is a good finalist candidate
? = maybe, this might be a finalist pending more analysis
n = no, this occultation won't work
COMMENTS:
Comments
LINK:
Hypertext link to the occultation event page on Steve Preston's website
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