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Updated: 2008 JAN 04, 04:38 UT
Event Rank : 100
(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 2008 Feb 04 UT, the 255 km diameter asteroid (15) Eunomia will occult a 11.5 mag star in the constellation Gemini for observers along a wide path across Australia beginning over the Queensland-New South Wales border, and moving west passing through South Australia and ending along the south coast of Western Australia. Low magnitude drop of magnitude 0.09.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 0.1 mag to 8.9 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 31.4 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 :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
107 55 10 -42 0 0 15 13 40 26 355 -27 103 10 24 113 9 20 102 16 11 114 16 50
109 40 14 -41 0 0 15 13 21 27 353 -28 104 50 38 115 2 22 103 55 41 116 12 3
111 30 7 -40 0 0 15 13 0 28 351 -30 106 34 29 117 2 12 105 38 38 118 14 38
113 25 33 -39 0 0 15 12 38 29 349 -31 108 22 27 119 10 7 107 25 28 120 26 4
115 27 26 -38 0 0 15 12 15 29 347 -33 110 15 5 121 27 53 109 16 43 122 48 27
Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude
116 0 0 -37 44 33 15 12 8 29 347 -33 -35 13 0 -40 30 41 -34 44 6 -41 6 7
117 0 0 -37 16 44 15 11 57 30 346 -34 -34 46 32 -40 1 4 -34 17 52 -40 36 4
118 0 0 -36 49 44 15 11 45 30 344 -34 -34 20 50 -39 32 22 -33 52 24 -40 6 57
119 0 0 -36 23 35 15 11 33 30 343 -35 -33 55 55 -39 4 36 -33 27 42 -39 38 47
120 0 0 -35 58 15 15 11 21 30 342 -36 -33 31 46 -38 37 43 -33 3 46 -39 11 33
121 0 0 -35 33 45 15 11 9 30 341 -36 -33 8 24 -38 11 45 -32 40 35 -38 45 14
122 0 0 -35 10 4 15 10 57 31 340 -37 -32 45 48 -37 46 41 -32 18 10 -38 19 50
123 0 0 -34 47 13 15 10 46 31 339 -38 -32 23 58 -37 22 31 -31 56 31 -37 55 22
124 0 0 -34 25 11 15 10 34 31 338 -38 -32 2 55 -36 59 15 -31 35 38 -37 31 47
125 0 0 -34 3 58 15 10 22 31 337 -39 -31 42 38 -36 36 51 -31 15 31 -37 9 7
126 0 0 -33 43 35 15 10 10 31 336 -39 -31 23 8 -36 15 21 -30 56 10 -36 47 21
127 0 0 -33 24 1 15 9 58 31 335 -40 -31 4 24 -35 54 43 -30 37 35 -36 26 28
128 0 0 -33 5 16 15 9 47 31 334 -40 -30 46 26 -35 34 58 -30 19 46 -36 6 29
129 0 0 -32 47 20 15 9 35 31 333 -41 -30 29 15 -35 16 6 -30 2 42 -35 47 24
130 0 0 -32 30 12 15 9 24 30 332 -41 -30 12 50 -34 58 5 -29 46 25 -35 29 11
131 0 0 -32 13 54 15 9 12 30 331 -41 -29 57 12 -34 40 57 -29 30 54 -35 11 51
132 0 0 -31 58 25 15 9 1 30 330 -42 -29 42 20 -34 24 41 -29 16 8 -34 55 24
133 0 0 -31 43 44 15 8 49 30 329 -42 -29 28 14 -34 9 17 -29 2 9 -34 39 50
134 0 0 -31 29 52 15 8 38 30 328 -42 -29 14 55 -33 54 44 -28 48 56 -34 25 8
135 0 0 -31 16 49 15 8 27 29 327 -43 -29 2 22 -33 41 4 -28 36 28 -34 11 19
136 0 0 -31 4 35 15 8 16 29 326 -43 -28 50 36 -33 28 14 -28 24 47 -33 58 21
137 0 0 -30 53 9 15 8 5 29 325 -43 -28 39 36 -33 16 17 -28 13 52 -33 46 16
138 0 0 -30 42 32 15 7 54 29 324 -43 -28 29 23 -33 5 10 -28 3 43 -33 35 3
139 0 0 -30 32 44 15 7 43 28 323 -43 -28 19 56 -32 54 55 -27 54 20 -33 24 42
140 0 0 -30 23 44 15 7 33 28 323 -43 -28 11 16 -32 45 32 -27 45 43 -33 15 13
141 0 0 -30 15 34 15 7 22 27 322 -43 -28 3 22 -32 37 0 -27 37 53 -33 6 36
142 0 0 -30 8 11 15 7 12 27 321 -43 -27 56 15 -32 29 19 -27 30 49 -32 58 51
143 0 0 -30 1 38 15 7 2 27 320 -43 -27 49 55 -32 22 29 -27 24 31 -32 51 58
144 0 0 -29 55 54 15 6 52 26 319 -43 -27 44 22 -32 16 31 -27 18 59 -32 45 57
145 0 0 -29 50 58 15 6 42 26 318 -43 -27 39 35 -32 11 25 -27 14 14 -32 40 47
146 0 0 -29 46 52 15 6 33 25 318 -43 -27 35 36 -32 7 10 -27 10 16 -32 36 30
147 0 0 -29 43 34 15 6 23 25 317 -43 -27 32 23 -32 3 46 -27 7 4 -32 33 5
148 0 0 -29 41 6 15 6 14 24 316 -43 -27 29 58 -32 1 14 -27 4 39 -32 30 33
149 0 0 -29 39 27 15 6 5 23 315 -43 -27 28 19 -31 59 34 -27 3 1 -32 28 52
150 0 0 -29 38 37 15 5 56 23 315 -43 -27 27 28 -31 58 46 -27 2 10 -32 28 4
151 0 0 -29 38 37 15 5 48 22 314 -42 -27 27 25 -31 58 50 -27 2 6 -32 28 9
152 0 0 -29 39 26 15 5 39 22 313 -42 -27 28 9 -31 59 46 -27 2 49 -32 29 7
153 0 0 -29 41 6 15 5 31 21 312 -42 -27 29 41 -32 1 34 -27 4 19 -32 30 57
154 0 0 -29 43 35 15 5 23 20 312 -41 -27 32 0 -32 4 15 -27 6 37 -32 33 40
155 0 0 -29 46 54 15 5 16 20 311 -41 -27 35 8 -32 7 48 -27 9 43 -32 37 17
156 0 0 -29 51 3 15 5 8 19 310 -41 -27 39 4 -32 12 14 -27 13 36 -32 41 47
157 0 0 -29 56 3 15 5 1 18 310 -40 -27 43 48 -32 17 34 -27 18 17 -32 47 11
158 0 0 -30 1 54 15 4 54 18 309 -40 -27 49 20 -32 23 47 -27 23 46 -32 53 29
159 0 0 -30 8 36 15 4 47 17 309 -39 -27 55 42 -32 30 53 -27 30 4 -33 0 41
160 0 0 -30 16 8 15 4 41 16 308 -39 -28 2 52 -32 38 53 -27 37 10 -33 8 48
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