Predictions for Grazing Occultation of ZC 2045, 2008 Jun 14

Grazing Occultation of    2045 cK0      Magnitude   6.4 
Date   2008 June 14    (Saturday)     Nominal site altitude  0m

E. Longit.   Latitude     U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    WA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '  "   h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o
 136  0  0  -35 22 50  14 48 28       45 279  0.99  20.8   2.16   6.30N
 136 10  0  -35 23  2  14 48 46       45 279  0.99  20.8   2.10   6.24N
 136 20  0  -35 23 12  14 49  4       45 279  1.00  20.7   2.04   6.18N
 136 30  0  -35 23 20  14 49 22       45 279  1.01  20.6   1.98   6.12N
 136 40  0  -35 23 27  14 49 40       45 278  1.02  20.6   1.92   6.06N
 136 50  0  -35 23 33  14 49 58       44 278  1.02  20.5   1.86   6.00N
 137  0  0  -35 23 38  14 50 16       44 278  1.03  20.5   1.80   5.94N
 137 10  0  -35 23 41  14 50 34       44 278  1.04  20.4   1.74   5.88N
 137 20  0  -35 23 43  14 50 51       44 278  1.04  20.3   1.68   5.82N
 137 30  0  -35 23 44  14 51  9       44 278  1.05  20.3   1.62   5.76N
 137 40  0  -35 23 43  14 51 26       43 277  1.06  20.2   1.56   5.70N
 137 50  0  -35 23 41  14 51 44       43 277  1.06  20.2   1.51   5.64N
 138  0  0  -35 23 38  14 52  1       43 277  1.07  20.1   1.45   5.59N
 138 10  0  -35 23 34  14 52 18       43 277  1.08  20.1   1.39   5.53N
 138 20  0  -35 23 28  14 52 35       43 277  1.09  20.0   1.33   5.47N
 138 30  0  -35 23 21  14 52 52       42 277  1.09  19.9   1.27   5.41N
 138 40  0  -35 23 12  14 53  9       42 277  1.10  19.9   1.22   5.36N
 138 50  0  -35 23  3  14 53 26       42 276  1.11  19.8   1.16   5.30N
 139  0  0  -35 22 52  14 53 42       42 276  1.12  19.8   1.10   5.24N
 139 10  0  -35 22 39  14 53 59       42 276  1.12  19.7   1.05   5.19N
 139 20  0  -35 22 26  14 54 16       41 276  1.13  19.7   0.99   5.13N
 139 30  0  -35 22 11  14 54 32       41 276  1.14  19.6   0.93   5.07N
 139 40  0  -35 21 55  14 54 49       41 276  1.15  19.5   0.88   5.02N
 139 50  0  -35 21 38  14 55  5       41 275  1.15  19.5   0.82   4.96N
 140  0  0  -35 21 20  14 55 21       41 275  1.16  19.4   0.77   4.91N

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS).

   2045 is double :   6.2 10.3   0.70"   99.0
Graze Path of component #2  0.23km South, and 1.9 secs. later cf. primary.

    C A S S I N I   R E G I O N   G R A Z E

                Librations  Long +2.82   Lat +6.34
                            P +1.1     D -6.0
      Illumination of moon  85%+
        Elongation of Moon  134
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.88 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.43 deg/min

Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in mm)
      CA\Tdia  50   100   150   200   250   300   350
     0.9      2.6   4.0   4.7   5.2   5.5   5.7   5.8
     2.9      2.8   4.3   5.0   5.5   5.8   6.0   6.1
     4.9      4.6   6.0   6.8   7.2   7.6   7.8   7.9
     6.9      4.7   6.1   6.9   7.4   7.7   7.9   8.1
     8.9      5.1   6.6   7.3   7.8   8.1   8.4   8.6

Lunar Limb Profile