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A 6.2 second occultation was recorded by Dave Herald, using video OSD technique.
One clearly observed miss was recorded for this event.
View the updated prediction.
Observers: 1(M) D Herald,Kambah, ACT,AU 2 D Herald,Yass, NSW,AU 3(P) Prediction 28 April
Discussion:
The circle above is plotted at the expected 83 km diameter of Genoveva.
With one chord and a nearby miss it is possible to to be confident that Dave was south
of the central line of the event.
The remarkable thing about this event is how accurate the prediction from over a month earlier was.
The center line of the circle is within a few km and less than 1 sec of the predicted time!
However an event on 2007 May 13 observed in Japan with 7 chords gave an eliptical shape of 145 x 108 km.
This wouuld imply the path center was about 20 to 30 km further Northwest. There is no DAMIT model at this time
to help verify the shape.
The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of the occultation.
Observational Data:
Observation details for MP (680) Genoveva By Star UCAC2 13002596 On 2010-06-01 at 13:05:27.0 _______________________________ Observer Dave Herald Location Kambah, ACT,AU Longitude +149:03 Latitude -35:23 Altitude 582 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 35 cm Seeing Steady Thin cloud < 2 Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Missed Comments: Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.4 _______________________________ Observer Dave Herald Location Yass, NSW,AU Longitude +148:57 Latitude -34:52 Altitude 525 m Datum WGS84 Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak Aperture 20 cm Seeing Steady Thin cloud < 2 Timing GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis Disappearance 13:05:22.44 Reappearance 13:05:28.62 Comments: 16 frame integration Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.4