[meteorite-list] 2011 CQ1 will transit the sun

Matson, Robert D. ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
Fri Feb 4 14:56:01 EST 2011


I posted the following to their blog:

"What's particularly interesting about the path of 2011 CQ1 is that it
will transit the sun as seen from a narrow swath across the Pacific
Ocean,
Chile, Argentina and the south Atlantic. Unfortunately, the transit path
is south of all the big observatories in Chile, and the asteroid itself
will only subtend at most a couple tenths of an arcsecond. Buenos Aires
and Montevideo are on the transit path. Bill Gray has (very rapidly!)
put together a transit map for South America at this link:

http://www.projectpluto.com/cq1a.png 



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