Positive evnets were recorded by John Broughton and Jonathan Bradshaw, using video technique.

View the updated prediction.

Observers:
  1    J Broughton,Brunswick Heads, NSW,AU
  2    J Bradshaw,Brisbane, QLD, AU
  3(P) Prediction 3-March

Three other observers registered for the event but were clouded out or failed to observe.

    

Discussion:

The ellipse above is plotted at the same area as a circle of the expected 135 km diameter of Ate. With two chords we have good confidence that John Broughton was close to the central portion of the asteroid.

The figure below shows Jonathan's Tangra light curve of the occultation.

The star is cataloged as a double with WDS entry:
  RA  Dec Name          Y1   Y2     N  PA  PA   Sep   Sep  M1    M2
06076+2411POU 980      1926 1998    2  35  30   8.5   8.1 13.97 14.55
but no obvious double effects are reported and the
Google Sky view does not show any hint of it being double.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP (111) Ate
By Star   UCAC2 40321349
On 2010-03-28  at 08:33:41.0

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Observer   John Broughton
Location   Brunswick Heads, NSW,AU
Longitude  +153:32:55.2
Latitude   -28:33:6.4
Altitude   5 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   32 cm
Seeing     Slight flickering Broken cloud
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  08:33:38.91
Reappearance   08:33:45.31
Comments: Watec 120N+ camera at 8-frame integration  Occurred during twilight

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Observer   Jonathan Bradshaw
Location   Brisbane, QLD, AU
Longitude  +152:50:54.
Latitude   -27:22:7.
Altitude   90 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope Newtonian
Aperture   51 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  08:33:37.95
Reappearance   08:33:39.05
Comments: And a first for the new Observatory!
60ms subtracted from times to acount for 2 frame integration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtHQ6SKPyoU