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Updated: 2007 JAN 14, 20:00 UT
Event Rank : 16
(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.
On 2007 Feb 22 UT, the 28 km diameter asteroid (3300) McGlasson will occult a 10.4 mag star in the constellation Scorpius for observers along a path of high uncertainty across south east Australia beginning in Victoria (low altitude) before moving into Bass Strait.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 5.4 mag to 15.8 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 0.8 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: UCAC.
Additional details of this and other events are available at Steve Preston's website at http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/
EVENT DETAILS SUMMARY :Important Note regarding Accuracy:
The uncertainty interval in path widths given above (and shown as a 1-sigma uncertainty ellipse on the plot) refers to RMS deviation and is applied as a +/- range. In other words, a path uncertainty of 1.0 path widths means that the actual center of the asteroid's shadow path should fall within plus or minus 1 path width of the plotted path center. However path errors larger than 1 sigma have been observed so observers should be alert for primary occultations within plus or minus 3 sigma of the updated path.
Further, almost all asteroidal satellites discovered so far have been found within 10 diameters of the asteroid (since this distance is deep enough within the gravitational well to be stable over long timescales). Therefore, if monitoring for secondary events, observing out to about 10 path-widths either side of the predicted track remains worthwhile.
We therefore recommend that you monitor for events if your observing location is up to +/- 10 path-widths from the predicted track. If not monitoring for occultations by secondary bodies you should observe from locations within 3 sigma of the nominal path.
In terms of time, the predictions are now usually accurate to about +/- 0.3 minute so you should be most attentive during the predicted minute of the event. However if intending to catch a potential satellite occultation you should start observing at least 10 times the predicted central duration before the predicted closest approach time for your location, and continue for a similar period afterwards.
Centre Star Star Sun Path Limit1 Path Limit2 Error Limit1 Error Limit2
E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt
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Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude
... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 145 54 42 -35 18 28 ... .. .. .. .. ..
141 57 49 -34 34 36 15 3 59 6 128 -45 142 50 34 -35 3 6 140 57 58 -34 0 33 148 12 26 -37 29 25 ... .. .. .. .. ..
144 53 53 -37 17 57 15 4 2 10 127 -42 145 32 22 -37 35 7 144 13 30 -36 59 16 150 2 35 -39 19 6 ... .. .. .. .. ..
146 58 59 -39 21 57 15 4 5 12 125 -40 147 32 9 -39 34 40 146 24 50 -39 8 24 151 36 50 -40 56 26 140 41 15 -36 25 14
148 40 48 -41 7 53 15 4 8 14 124 -38 149 11 7 -41 18 5 148 9 51 -40 57 9 153 0 28 -42 25 28 143 22 32 -39 0 38
150 8 32 -42 42 51 15 4 11 16 123 -36 150 37 5 -42 51 21 149 39 30 -42 33 57 154 16 23 -43 48 26 145 19 28 -41 1 29
151 26 33 -44 10 15 15 4 14 18 122 -34 151 53 56 -44 17 32 150 58 47 -44 2 40 155 26 22 -45 6 44 146 54 58 -42 45 38
152 37 22 -45 32 3 15 4 16 19 120 -33 153 3 58 -45 38 23 152 10 29 -45 25 27 156 31 41 -46 21 18 148 17 10 -44 19 27
153 42 36 -46 49 29 15 4 19 20 119 -31 154 8 39 -46 55 3 153 16 18 -46 43 41 157 33 8 -47 32 48 149 30 4 -45 46 3
154 43 18 -48 3 25 15 4 22 22 118 -30 155 8 59 -48 8 21 154 17 24 -47 58 16 158 31 24 -48 41 44 150 35 57 -47 7 17
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