Table 1
ELEMENTS OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1995 OCTOBER 24
Geocentric Conjunction 04:23:32.10 TDT J.D. = 2450014.683010
of Sun & Moon in R.A.: (=04:22:31.10 UT)
Instant of 04:33:30.49 TDT J.D. = 2450014.689936
Greatest Eclipse: (=04:32:29.49 UT)
Geocentric Coordinates of Sun & Moon at Greatest Eclipse (DE200/LE200):
Sun: R.A. = 13h 52m 45.401s Moon: R.A. = 13h 53m 07.189s
Dec. =-11deg-34'-24.47" Dec. =-11deg-14'-17.00"
Semi-Diameter = 16' 04.68" Semi-Diameter = 16' 10.19"
Eq.Hor.Par. = 8.84" Eq.Hor.Par. = 0deg 59' 20.39"
Delta_R.A. = 9.525s/h Delta_R.A. = 140.742s/h
Delta_Dec. = -52.38"/h Delta_Dec. = -561.53"/h
Lunar Radius k1 = 0.2725076 (Penumbra) Shift in Delta_b = 0.0"
Constants: k2 = 0.2722810 (Umbra) Lunar Position: Delta_l = 0.0"
Geocentric Libration: l = -4.1deg Brown Lun. No. = 1185
(Optical + Physical) b = -0.4deg Saros Series = 143 (22/72)
c = 22.0deg Ephemeris = (DE200/LE200)
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.02134 Gamma = 0.35176 Delta_T = 61.0 s
Polynomial Besselian Elements for: 1995 Oct 24 05:00:00.0 TDT (=t0)
n x y d l1 l2 µ
0 0.3300331 0.2763473-11.5805674 0.5447736 -0.0013769 258.926819
1 0.5430526 -0.1441103 -0.0141956 -0.0001149 -0.0001143 15.002741
2 0.0000181 0.0000525 0.0000024 -0.0000121 -0.0000120 -0.000002
3 -0.0000083 0.0000021 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.000000
Tan f_1 = 0.0047003 Tan f_2 = 0.0046769
At time 't1' (decimal hours), each besselian element is evaluated by:
x = x0 + x1*t + x2*t2 + x3*t3 (or x = Sigma_[xn*tn]; n = 0 to 3)
where: t = t1 - t0 (decimal hours) and t0 = 5.000
Note that all times are expressed in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TDT).
Saros Series 143: Member 22 of 72 eclipses in series.
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