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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (888) PARYSATIS - 2016 Mar 01

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Updated:   2016 FEB 02, 15:17 UT

Event Rank : 93

(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.

Parysatis Update Map


On 2016 Mar 01 UT, the 42 km diameter asteroid (888) Parysatis will occult a 10.9 mag star in the constellation Taurus for observers along a narrow path across south-eastern Australia from a little south of Adelaide across south-eastern South Australia, north-western Victoria (just west of Mildura) and across New South Wales to Grafton.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 3.0 mag to 13.8 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 3.0 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Alice Monet, TMO astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill Owen, 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  '  "
                                                        Longitude  Longitude  Longitude  Longitude
    134 22 42   -39  0  0   11 56  4    26   329   -25  135 10 59  133 35 32  135 57 28  132 52  8
    135 48  0   -38  0  0   11 56 15    26   327   -26  136 37 46  134 59 29  137 25 47  134 14 56
    137 18 59   -37  0  0   11 56 28    27   325   -28  138 10 37  136 28 47  139  0 34  135 42 47
    138 56 37   -36  0  0   11 56 41    27   324   -30  139 50 37  138  4 17  140 43  5  137 16 28

    140 42 14   -35  0  0   11 56 55    27   322   -31  141 39 19  139 47 10  142 35  3  138 57  3
    142 37 43   -34  0  0   11 57 10    26   320   -33  143 38 54  141 39  3  144 39  3  140 45 56
    144 45 51   -33  0  0   11 57 26    26   317   -35  145 52 46  143 42 18  146 59 16  142 45 11
                                                         Latitude   Latitude   Latitude   Latitude
    145  0  0   -32 53 47   11 57 28    26   317   -36  -33 22 46  -32 25 21  -33 50 31  -31 59  5
    146  0  0   -32 28 21   11 57 35    25   316   -37  -32 56 58  -32  0 15  -33 24 22  -31 34 17

    147  0  0   -32  4 20   11 57 43    25   315   -37  -32 32 38  -31 36 33  -32 59 42  -31 10 52
    148  0  0   -31 41 45   11 57 50    25   314   -38  -32  9 44  -31 14 15  -32 36 30  -30 48 49
    149  0  0   -31 20 32   11 57 56    24   313   -39  -31 48 15  -30 53 18  -32 14 44  -30 28  7
    150  0  0   -31  0 43   11 58  3    24   312   -40  -31 28  9  -30 33 43  -31 54 24  -30  8 45
    151  0  0   -30 42 14   11 58 10    23   311   -41  -31  9 27  -30 15 29  -31 35 27  -29 50 43

    152  0  0   -30 25  6   11 58 16    23   311   -42  -30 52  6  -29 58 33  -31 17 53  -29 33 58
    153  0  0   -30  9 18   11 58 23    23   310   -43  -30 36  5  -29 42 56  -31  1 41  -29 18 32
    154  0  0   -29 54 48   11 58 29    22   309   -43  -30 21 25  -29 28 37  -30 46 49  -29  4 22
    155  0  0   -29 41 37   11 58 35    21   308   -44  -30  8  3  -29 15 35  -30 33 18  -28 51 28
    156  0  0   -29 29 42   11 58 40    21   307   -45  -29 56  0  -29  3 49  -30 21  6  -28 39 50

    157  0  0   -29 19  5   11 58 46    20   307   -46  -29 45 14  -28 53 19  -30 10 12  -28 29 27
    158  0  0   -29  9 43   11 58 51    20   306   -46  -29 35 45  -28 44  4  -30  0 37  -28 20 18
    159  0  0   -29  1 37   11 58 57    19   305   -47  -29 27 33  -28 36  4  -29 52 18  -28 12 23
    160  0  0   -28 54 45   11 59  2    18   304   -47  -29 20 36  -28 29 18  -29 45 16  -28  5 42

Uncertainty in time = +/- 2 secs

Prediction of 2016 Feb  2.0

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