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Updated: 2007 OCT 25, 13:27 UT
Event Rank : 97
(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 Nov 24 UT, the 90 km diameter asteroid (362) Havnia will occult a 12.0 mag star in the constellation Taurus for observers along a path across Tasmania, south-west Victoria, south-east South Australia and Western Australia, passing near Launceston, Warrnambool, Geelong, Mt Gambier. And in Western Australia, Norseman and Perth.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 0.9 mag to 12.2 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 8.1 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 :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 Limits Error Limits
E. Longitude Latitude U.T. Alt Az Alt Limit 1 Limit 2 Limit 3 Limit 4
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Longitude Longitude Longitude Longitude
154 54 14 -46 0 0 16 19 33 7 327 -13 156 36 29 153 8 43 ... .. .. 151 46 5
153 25 15 -45 0 0 16 19 37 8 328 -14 155 8 30 151 38 31 156 24 52 150 14 45
151 52 46 -44 0 0 16 19 42 9 329 -16 153 37 20 150 4 24 154 54 33 148 39 11
150 16 21 -43 0 0 16 19 47 11 330 -17 152 2 37 148 25 56 153 20 55 146 58 51
148 35 29 -42 0 0 16 19 54 12 331 -19 150 23 54 146 42 29 151 43 36 145 13 5
146 49 34 -41 0 0 16 20 1 14 333 -20 148 40 40 144 53 20 150 2 6 143 21 0
144 57 49 -40 0 0 16 20 10 15 334 -22 146 52 15 142 57 32 148 15 51 141 21 30
142 59 14 -39 0 0 16 20 20 17 335 -24 144 57 51 140 53 49 146 24 9 139 13 2
140 52 29 -38 0 0 16 20 32 18 337 -25 142 56 24 138 40 28 144 26 3 136 53 30
Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude
139 0 0 -37 10 17 16 20 43 20 339 -27 -36 14 2 -38 8 29 -35 32 28 -38 54 10
138 0 0 -36 45 7 16 20 50 20 339 -28 -35 49 23 -37 42 44 -35 8 11 -38 27 56
137 0 0 -36 20 53 16 20 56 21 340 -28 -35 25 39 -37 17 57 -34 44 48 -38 2 41
136 0 0 -35 57 34 16 21 3 22 341 -29 -35 2 48 -36 54 7 -34 22 17 -37 38 25
135 0 0 -35 35 10 16 21 9 22 342 -30 -34 40 52 -36 31 13 -34 0 39 -37 15 7
134 0 0 -35 13 41 16 21 16 23 343 -30 -34 19 48 -36 9 17 -33 39 53 -36 52 47
133 0 0 -34 53 7 16 21 23 24 343 -31 -33 59 38 -35 48 16 -33 20 0 -36 31 24
132 0 0 -34 33 27 16 21 30 24 344 -32 -33 40 21 -35 28 12 -33 0 59 -36 10 59
131 0 0 -34 14 42 16 21 38 25 345 -32 -33 21 57 -35 9 2 -32 42 50 -35 51 31
130 0 0 -33 56 50 16 21 45 25 346 -33 -33 4 26 -34 50 49 -32 25 33 -35 32 59
129 0 0 -33 39 52 16 21 52 26 347 -33 -32 47 46 -34 33 30 -32 9 7 -35 15 23
128 0 0 -33 23 48 16 22 0 26 348 -34 -32 32 0 -34 17 6 -31 53 33 -34 58 43
127 0 0 -33 8 36 16 22 8 26 349 -34 -32 17 5 -34 1 36 -31 38 50 -34 42 58
126 0 0 -32 54 18 16 22 15 27 350 -35 -32 3 2 -33 47 1 -31 24 59 -34 28 9
125 0 0 -32 40 52 16 22 23 27 350 -35 -31 49 51 -33 33 20 -31 11 58 -34 14 14
124 0 0 -32 28 19 16 22 31 27 351 -36 -31 37 31 -33 20 32 -30 59 48 -34 1 15
123 0 0 -32 16 39 16 22 39 28 352 -36 -31 26 3 -33 8 38 -30 48 28 -33 49 10
122 0 0 -32 5 50 16 22 47 28 353 -36 -31 15 27 -32 57 37 -30 38 0 -33 37 59
121 0 0 -31 55 54 16 22 55 28 354 -37 -31 5 41 -32 47 30 -30 28 21 -33 27 42
120 0 0 -31 46 50 16 23 4 29 355 -37 -30 56 46 -32 38 15 -30 19 33 -33 18 19
119 0 0 -31 38 38 16 23 12 29 356 -37 -30 48 42 -32 29 54 -30 11 36 -33 9 50
118 0 0 -31 31 17 16 23 20 29 357 -38 -30 41 30 -32 22 25 -30 4 28 -33 2 15
117 0 0 -31 24 49 16 23 28 29 358 -38 -30 35 7 -32 15 49 -29 58 11 -32 55 33
116 0 0 -31 19 11 16 23 37 29 359 -38 -30 29 36 -32 10 6 -29 52 43 -32 49 45
115 0 0 -31 14 26 16 23 45 29 360 -38 -30 24 55 -32 5 15 -29 48 6 -32 44 50
114 0 0 -31 10 32 16 23 53 29 1 -38 -30 21 5 -32 1 17 -29 44 18 -32 40 48
113 0 0 -31 7 29 16 24 2 29 2 -38 -30 18 5 -31 58 11 -29 41 21 -32 37 39
112 0 0 -31 5 17 16 24 10 29 3 -38 -30 15 56 -31 55 57 -29 39 13 -32 35 23
111 0 0 -31 3 57 16 24 18 29 4 -39 -30 14 37 -31 54 35 -29 37 55 -32 34 1
110 0 0 -31 3 28 16 24 27 29 5 -39 -30 14 8 -31 54 6 -29 37 27 -32 33 31
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