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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (171) OPHELIA - 2010 Dec 02

[Edwin Goffin's Prediction + Finder Charts]

[Detailed Finder Charts]


Updated:   2010 OCT 03, 22:14 UT

Event Rank : 94

(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.

Ophelia Update Map


On 2010 Dec 02 UT, the 117 km diameter asteroid (171) Ophelia will occult a 11.4 mag star in the constellation Virgo for observers along a broad path across south-eastern Australia from Nowra across southern New South Wales to Port Augusta in South Australia, including Canberra and Mildura. Sydney, Adelaide and Albury-Wodonga are withon the one sigma limit.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.6 mag to 13.8 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 4.1 seconds.

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
    157  0  0   -36 35 10   17  8 29    25    68   -11  -37 32  8  -35 39 30  -38 24 38  -34 50 27
    156  0  0   -36 19 50   17  8 27    25    69   -12  -37 16 37  -35 24 21  -38  8 56  -34 35 26
    155  0  0   -36  4 59   17  8 25    24    69   -12  -37  1 36  -35  9 40  -37 53 45  -34 20 53

    154  0  0   -35 50 38   17  8 22    23    70   -13  -36 47  4  -34 55 28  -37 39  3  -34  6 50
    153  0  0   -35 36 45   17  8 20    23    71   -14  -36 33  2  -34 41 45  -37 24 51  -33 53 15
    152  0  0   -35 23 23   17  8 18    22    72   -15  -36 19 30  -34 28 31  -37 11 10  -33 40  9
    151  0  0   -35 10 31   17  8 16    21    73   -15  -36  6 28  -34 15 48  -36 57 59  -33 27 32
    150  0  0   -34 58  8   17  8 14    20    73   -16  -35 53 57  -34  3 34  -36 45 20  -33 15 26

    149  0  0   -34 46 17   17  8 12    20    74   -17  -35 41 57  -33 51 50  -36 33 11  -33  3 49
    148  0  0   -34 34 56   17  8 10    19    75   -18  -35 30 28  -33 40 37  -36 21 34  -32 52 42
    147  0  0   -34 24  6   17  8  8    18    75   -18  -35 19 30  -33 29 54  -36 10 28  -32 42  5
    146  0  0   -34 13 47   17  8  7    17    76   -19  -35  9  3  -33 19 42  -35 59 55  -32 32  0
    145  0  0   -34  3 59   17  8  5    17    77   -20  -34 59  8  -33 10  1  -35 49 53  -32 22 24

    144  0  0   -33 54 43   17  8  4    16    77   -20  -34 49 45  -33  0 51  -35 40 23  -32 13 20
    143  0  0   -33 45 58   17  8  2    15    78   -21  -34 40 54  -32 52 13  -35 31 26  -32  4 46
    142  0  0   -33 37 45   17  8  1    14    79   -22  -34 32 35  -32 44  5  -35 23  1  -31 56 44
    141  0  0   -33 30  4   17  7 59    13    79   -22  -34 24 48  -32 36 29  -35 15  9  -31 49 12
    140  0  0   -33 22 54   17  7 58    13    80   -23  -34 17 34  -32 29 25  -35  7 49  -31 42 12

    139  0  0   -33 16 17   17  7 57    12    81   -24  -34 10 51  -32 22 52  -35  1  2  -31 35 43
    138  0  0   -33 10 12   17  7 56    11    81   -24  -34  4 42  -32 16 51  -34 54 48  -31 29 46
    137  0  0   -33  4 39   17  7 55    10    82   -25  -33 59  4  -32 11 22  -34 49  7  -31 24 20
    136  0  0   -32 59 38   17  7 54     9    82   -25  -33 54  0  -32  6 25  -34 43 58  -31 19 26
    135  0  0   -32 55 10   17  7 53     9    83   -26  -33 49 28  -32  2  0  -34 39 23  -31 15  4

    134  0  0   -32 51 13   17  7 52     8    83   -27  -33 45 28  -31 58  7  -34 35 21  -31 11 13
    133  0  0   -32 47 50   17  7 51     7    84   -27  -33 42  2  -31 54 46  -34 31 52  -31  7 54
    132  0  0   -32 44 58   17  7 51     6    85   -28  -33 39  8  -31 51 56  -34 28 56  -31  5  7
    131  0  0   -32 42 39   17  7 50     5    85   -28  -33 36 47  -31 49 39  -34 26 33  -31  2 51
    130  0  0   -32 40 53   17  7 50     4    86   -29  -33 34 59  -31 47 54  -34 24 43   .. .. ..

    129  0  0   -32 39 39   17  7 49     4    86   -29  -33 33 44  -31 46 41  -34 23 27   .. .. ..
    128  0  0   -32 38 57   17  7 49     3    87   -29  -33 33  1  -31 46  0  -34 22 43   .. .. ..
    127  0  0   -32 38 47   17  7 49     2    87   -30  -33 32 51  -31 45 51  -34 22 33   .. .. ..
    126  0  0   -32 39 10   17  7 49     1    88   -30  -33 33 14  -31 46 14  -34 22 55   .. .. ..
    125  0  0   -32 40  6   17  7 49     0    88   -31  -33 34 10  -31 47  9  -34 23 51   .. .. ..


Uncertainty in time = +/- 2 secs

Prediction of 2010 Nov 19.0

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