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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (28) BELLONA - 2008 JUL 17

[Edwin Goffin's Prediction + Finder Charts]

[Detailed Finder Charts]


Updated:   2008 JUL 03, 01:09 UT

Event Rank : 98

(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.

Bellona Update Map


On 2008 Jul 17 UT, the 124 km diameter asteroid (28) Bellona will occult a 11.5 mag star in the constellation Sagittarius for observers along a path beginning over Mackay, running across Queensland, then disappearing low in the east over Northern Territory.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by only 0.8 mag to 11.6 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 8.9 seconds. Note the full moon nearby.

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

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
    131  0  0   -18 43  6    9 14 43    11   102    -5  -18  8 49  -19 17 23  -17 44  7  -19 42  4
    132  0  0   -18 54 22    9 14 41    12   101    -6  -18 20  7  -19 28 36  -17 55 27  -19 53 15
    133  0  0   -19  5 15    9 14 39    13   101    -7  -18 31  3  -19 39 27  -18  6 24  -20  4  4
    134  0  0   -19 15 46    9 14 38    14   101    -8  -18 41 36  -19 49 56  -18 16 59  -20 14 32
    135  0  0   -19 25 56    9 14 36    15   100    -9  -18 51 48  -20  0  3  -18 27 12  -20 24 37

    136  0  0   -19 35 42    9 14 34    16   100   -10  -19  1 37  -20  9 48  -18 37  3  -20 34 20
    137  0  0   -19 45  7    9 14 31    17   100   -11  -19 11  4  -20 19 10  -18 46 32  -20 43 41
    138  0  0   -19 54 10    9 14 29    18    99   -12  -19 20  8  -20 28 11  -18 55 38  -20 52 40
    139  0  0   -20  2 50    9 14 27    19    99   -12  -19 28 50  -20 36 49  -19  4 21  -21  1 17
    140  0  0   -20 11  8    9 14 24    20    99   -13  -19 37 10  -20 45  5  -19 12 43  -21  9 32

    141  0  0   -20 19  4    9 14 22    21    98   -14  -19 45  8  -20 52 59  -19 20 42  -21 17 24
    142  0  0   -20 26 38    9 14 19    22    98   -15  -19 52 43  -21  0 31  -19 28 18  -21 24 55
    143  0  0   -20 33 49    9 14 16    23    98   -16  -19 59 57  -21  7 41  -19 35 33  -21 32  3
    144  0  0   -20 40 38    9 14 13    24    97   -17  -20  6 47  -21 14 28  -19 42 25  -21 38 50
    145  0  0   -20 47  5    9 14 10    25    97   -18  -20 13 16  -21 20 54  -19 48 54  -21 45 14

    146  0  0   -20 53 10    9 14  7    25    97   -19  -20 19 22  -21 26 57  -19 55  2  -21 51 17
    147  0  0   -20 58 53    9 14  4    26    96   -20  -20 25  6  -21 32 39  -20  0 47  -21 56 57
    148  0  0   -21  4 13    9 14  0    27    96   -21  -20 30 28  -21 37 58  -20  6  9  -22  2 15
    149  0  0   -21  9 11    9 13 57    28    96   -22  -20 35 27  -21 42 55  -20 11  9  -22  7 11
    150  0  0   -21 13 47    9 13 53    29    95   -23  -20 40  4  -21 47 30  -20 15 48  -22 11 46

    151  0  0   -21 18  1    9 13 50    30    95   -23  -20 44 20  -21 51 43  -20 20  3  -22 15 58
    152  0  0   -21 21 53    9 13 46    31    95   -24  -20 48 12  -21 55 34  -20 23 57  -22 19 48
    153  0  0   -21 25 23    9 13 42    32    94   -25  -20 51 43  -21 59  3  -20 27 28  -22 23 17
    154  0  0   -21 28 31    9 13 38    33    94   -26  -20 54 51  -22  2 10  -20 30 37  -22 26 23
    155  0  0   -21 31 17    9 13 34    34    94   -27  -20 57 38  -22  4 55  -20 33 24  -22 29  8

Uncertainty in time = +/- 3 secs

[Prediction of 2008 Jul  3.0]

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