Bibcode
Ribas, Felipe; Braga Ribas, F.; Vieira Martins, R.; Sicardy, B.; Camargo, J. I. B.; Assafin, M.; Rossi, G. B.; da Silva Neto, D. N.; Andrei, A.; Jacques, C.; Pimentel, E.; Emilio, M.; Mehret, L.; Milone, A. C.; Schoenell, W.; Mello, A. J. T.; Herpich, F. R.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #42, #39.37
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10
2010
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Description
We will present preliminary results of the occultation of Tycho star
6833-00163-1 by the dwarf-planet 1 Ceres. The 11.8 visual magnitude star
was occulted in the night of 17 August 2010, with the shadow passing
through south, south-east and central part of Brazil. The observation
was a challenge because of the drop in magnitude was only 0.07 for a
visual magnitude of 8.4 foreseen for Ceres at the time of the
occultation. We obtained data from five sites, with successful
detections of the event from four of them. Occultation chords span from
the extreme north portion of the asteroid to the south of it. As this is
a recent event, analysis is still in progress. Preliminary results will
be presented on Ceres' radius, and possibly, on its oblateness.