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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (347) PARIANA - 2006 JUL 23

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Updated:   2006 JUN 18, 17:37 UT

Event Rank : 73

(The event Rank is a measure of the likelihood of observing an event, and is equal to the probability of at least one successful observation by a team of two observers spaced 1/8 path width just inside opposite sides of the predicted path. An event rank of 100 indicates that the prediction is expected to be very accurate).


THE UPDATED PATH

Note: The duration given in the line below is the interval during which the occultation shadow sweeps across the Earth - please see the minute markers on the map to determine the approximate time for your location.

Pariana Update Map


On 2006 Jul 23 UT, the 51 km diameter asteroid (347) Pariana will occult ξ Tauri, a 3.7 mag star in the constellation Taurus for observers along a path across southern South Australia, north-western Victoria and central New South Wales. The predicted shadow path centreline is centred over Swan Hill, Bathurst and Newcastle.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 11.0 mag to 14.7 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 1.9 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Ron Stone, historical astrometry from the MPC files (via AstDys), and the following catalogs for the star position: .

Additional details of this and other events are available at Steve Preston's website at http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/

EVENT DETAILS SUMMARY : Data for the target star : Data for the minor planet : The Occultation Path :
                  Centre              Star  Star   Sun      Path Limits           Error Limits
  E. Longitude   Latitude      U.T.    Alt    Az   Alt    Limit 1    Limit 2    Limit 3    Limit 4
      o  '  "     o  '  "    h  m  s     o     o     o    o  '  "    o  '  "    o  '  "    o  '  "
                                                         Latitude   Latitude   Latitude   Latitude
    134  0  0   -37 50  7   20 29 36    35    36   -20  -38  8 57  -37 31 22  -38 38 31  -37  2 17
    135  0  0   -37 33 24   20 29 39    36    35   -19  -37 52 13  -37 14 39  -38 21 47  -36 45 35
    136  0  0   -37 16 41   20 29 41    37    34   -18  -37 35 30  -36 57 56  -38  5  2  -36 28 53
    137  0  0   -36 59 58   20 29 44    37    33   -17  -37 18 47  -36 41 14  -37 48 19  -36 12 12
    138  0  0   -36 43 16   20 29 47    38    32   -17  -37  2  5  -36 24 33  -37 31 36  -35 55 31

    139  0  0   -36 26 36   20 29 50    39    31   -16  -36 45 24  -36  7 53  -37 14 54  -35 38 52
    140  0  0   -36  9 58   20 29 53    39    30   -15  -36 28 45  -35 51 15  -36 58 14  -35 22 15
    141  0  0   -35 53 21   20 29 56    40    29   -14  -36 12  8  -35 34 40  -36 41 36  -35  5 40
    142  0  0   -35 36 48   20 29 59    41    28   -13  -35 55 34  -35 18  7  -36 25  1  -34 49  8
    143  0  0   -35 20 17   20 30  2    41    27   -12  -35 39  2  -35  1 37  -36  8 28  -34 32 39

    144  0  0   -35  3 50   20 30  5    42    25   -11  -35 22 34  -34 45 10  -35 51 59  -34 16 14
    145  0  0   -34 47 26   20 30  8    42    24   -10  -35  6 10  -34 28 48  -35 35 34  -33 59 53
    146  0  0   -34 31  7   20 30 12    43    23   -10  -34 49 51  -34 12 30  -35 19 13  -33 43 36
    147  0  0   -34 14 53   20 30 15    44    22    -9  -34 33 35  -33 56 16  -35  2 57  -33 27 23
    148  0  0   -33 58 44   20 30 18    44    21    -8  -34 17 25  -33 40  8  -34 46 45  -33 11 16

    149  0  0   -33 42 40   20 30 22    45    19    -7  -34  1 21  -33 24  5  -34 30 39  -32 55 15
    150  0  0   -33 26 43   20 30 25    45    18    -6  -33 45 22  -33  8  8  -34 14 39  -32 39 19
    151  0  0   -33 10 51   20 30 28    46    17    -5  -33 29 30  -32 52 18  -33 58 46  -32 23 30

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