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Summary of Asteroidal Occultations in North America

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1 Summary of 2015 - 2016 Asteroidal Occultations in North America
September, 2015, through July 25, 2016 Brad Timerson

2 Asteroidal Occultation Observations

3 Asteroidal Occultations by Number of Chords

4 Best Observed Events September 2015 through July 25, 2016
4 September Aspasia – 5 chords, model 2 October Asterope – 2 chords, model 22 October Eukrate – 3 chords, model 5 December Felicitas – 3 chords 30 December Aegle – 8 chords 14 January Bronislawa – chord, graze 22 January Thyra – 6 chords, model 14 February Caia – 5 chords 16 February Elektra – 2 chords, model 11 March Ausonia – 2 chords, model 19 March Bella – 2 chords (new double), model 5 April Kleopatra – 7 chords, model 7 July Pallas – 3 chords, model 21 July Camilla – 6 chords, model

5 Chord 3 duration well known, but absolute time in question.
4 September 2015 – 409 Aspasia Chord 3 duration well known, but absolute time in question.

6 2 October 2015 – 233 Asterope

7 22 October 2015 – 247 Eukrate

8 5 December 2015 – 109 Felicitas

9 30 December 2015 – 96 Aegle

10 14 January 2016 – 1315 Bronislawa

11 22 January 2016 – 15 Thyra

12 14 February 2016 – 952 Caia

13 16 February 2016 – 130 Elektra

14 11 March 2016 – 63 Ausonia

15 19 March 2016 – 695 Bella

16 5 April 2016 – 216 Kleopatra

17 Kleopatra

18 Ostro Radar Model

19 7 July 2016 – 2 Pallas

20 21 July 2016 – 107 Camilla Model fit at the published period hrs.

21 21 July 2016 – 107 Camilla Period adjusted to be 0.15 hours earlier than published period New Period = hrs.

22 Questions? Comments?


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