Table 1

ELEMENTS OF THE ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 10 MAY 1994

Geocentric Conjunction      17:20:50.88 TDT     J.D. = 2449483.222811
 of Sun & Moon in R.A.:   (=17:19:51.38 UT)

      Instant of            17:12:26.49 TDT     J.D. = 2449483.216973
   Greatest Eclipse:      (=17:11:26.99 UT)


Geocentric Coordinates of Sun & Moon at Greatest Eclipse (DE200/LE200):

Sun:       R.A. =  3h  9m 27.149s       Moon:     R.A. =  3h  9m 11.285s
           Dec. = 17¡ 41« 21.51"                  Dec. = 18¡  3«  1.10"
  Semi-Diameter =     15« 50.22"         Semi-Diameter =     14« 44.08"
    Eq.Hor.Par. =          8.71"           Eq.Hor.Par. =  0¡ 54«  4.35"
         Æ R.A. =          9.772s/h             Æ R.A. =        122.984s/h
         Æ Dec. =         39.06"/h              Æ Dec. =        320.89"/h


Lunar Radius   k1 = 0.2725076 (Penumbra)        Shift in      Æb =   0.0"
 Constants:    k2 = 0.2722810 (Umbra)       Lunar Position:   Æl =   0.0"

Geocentric Libration:   l =  -1.6¡      Brown Lun. Nbr. = 1167
(Optical + Physical)    b =  -0.5¡         Saros Series =  128 (57/73)
                        c = -17.2¡            Ephemeris = (DE200/LE200)

Eclipse Magnitude = 0.94314        Gamma = 0.40772        ÆT =    59.5 s


Polynomial Besselian Elements for:   10 May 1994   17:00:00.0 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          µ

  0  -0.1734118  0.3836521 17.6861305  0.5669329  0.0206722  75.905975
  1   0.4990638  0.0869394  0.0106418 -0.0000318 -0.0000317  15.001621
  2   0.0000296 -0.0001183 -0.0000040 -0.0000098 -0.0000097  -0.000002
  3  -0.0000056 -0.0000009

                 Tan Ä1 = 0.0046308    Tan Ä2 = 0.0046077

At time 't1' (decimal hours), each besselian element is evaluated by:

   x = x0 + x1*t + x2*t2 + x3*t3    (or x = · [xn*tn]; n = 0 to 3)

      where: t = t1 - t0  (decimal hours) and t0 = 17.000


Note that all times are expressed in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TDT).

       Saros Series 128:  Member 57 of 73 eclipses in series.