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Minor Planet Occultations
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(1093) Freda on 08 March 2019
![](images/1093_20190308_PBirtwhistle.png)
Great Shefford was just outside the predicted shadow path of Minor
Planet (1093) Freda but the actual path was shifted about 31 km south,
allowing a 6.6 second occultation of the magnitude +13.1 star UCAC4
512-053810 to be recorded. |
![](images/20190308-(1093)Freda_Scanalyzer_PBirtwhistle.png)
Screenshot of drift-scan measurement using Scanalyzer (see page by John
Broughton, Reedy Creek Observatory, Australia
here) |
Chord diagram from
euraster.net
showing positive results from 6 observers in the UK and the ~31 km shift
south from the predicted path which put Great Shefford within the shadow
![](images/20190308-Freda_crd.gif)
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