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Updated: 2015 AUG 20, 06:46 UT
Event Rank : 99
(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 2015 Sep 29 UT, the 150 km diameter asteroid (705) Erminia will occult a 10.4 mag star in the constellation Triangulum for observers along a broad path across Australia from Sale across most of Victoria, north-eastern Tasmania, coastal South Australia and southern Western Australia, including Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, at relatively low elevation (and with a 97% moon only 19 deg. away)
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 2.6 mag to 12.9 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 10.8 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: .
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
151 42 53 -42 0 0 14 19 48 20 12 -45 154 42 39 148 26 8 156 4 11 146 43 50
150 24 15 -41 0 0 14 19 58 21 14 -46 153 27 41 147 2 5 154 50 34 145 16 12
149 0 12 -40 0 0 14 20 8 21 15 -47 152 8 15 145 31 7 153 32 50 143 40 36
147 29 58 -39 0 0 14 20 19 22 16 -48 150 43 51 143 52 2 152 10 33 141 55 24
145 52 33 -38 0 0 14 20 31 23 18 -50 149 13 47 142 3 6 150 43 9 139 58 12
144 6 36 -37 0 0 14 20 44 23 20 -51 147 37 14 140 1 44 149 9 55 137 45 11
142 10 8 -36 0 0 14 20 58 24 22 -52 145 53 2 137 43 49 147 29 56 135 9 33
140 0 12 -35 0 0 14 21 14 24 24 -53 143 59 34 135 1 54 145 41 55 131 56 50
Latitude Latitude Latitude Latitude
139 0 0 -34 34 35 14 21 21 24 25 -53 -32 46 28 -36 32 6 -31 57 17 -37 32 43
138 0 0 -34 10 42 14 21 28 24 26 -53 -32 23 50 -36 6 37 -31 35 10 -37 6 16
137 0 0 -33 48 14 14 21 36 24 27 -54 -32 2 32 -35 42 41 -31 14 20 -36 41 29
136 0 0 -33 27 10 14 21 43 24 27 -54 -31 42 31 -35 20 16 -30 54 45 -36 18 17
135 0 0 -33 7 29 14 21 50 24 28 -54 -31 23 48 -34 59 22 -30 36 26 -35 56 40
134 0 0 -32 49 9 14 21 56 24 29 -54 -31 6 20 -34 39 55 -30 19 20 -35 36 34
133 0 0 -32 32 9 14 22 3 23 30 -54 -30 50 8 -34 21 55 -30 3 28 -35 17 59
132 0 0 -32 16 28 14 22 10 23 31 -54 -30 35 11 -34 5 19 -29 48 49 -35 0 52
131 0 0 -32 2 5 14 22 17 23 32 -54 -30 21 28 -33 50 7 -29 35 22 -34 45 12
130 0 0 -31 49 0 14 22 23 23 33 -54 -30 8 58 -33 36 19 -29 23 7 -34 30 58
129 0 0 -31 37 11 14 22 30 22 34 -54 -29 57 40 -33 23 52 -29 12 2 -34 18 9
128 0 0 -31 26 39 14 22 36 22 34 -54 -29 47 36 -33 12 46 -29 2 9 -34 6 44
127 0 0 -31 17 23 14 22 42 22 35 -53 -29 38 43 -33 3 0 -28 53 26 -33 56 42
126 0 0 -31 9 21 14 22 49 21 36 -53 -29 31 2 -32 54 35 -28 45 53 -33 48 2
125 0 0 -31 2 35 14 22 55 21 37 -53 -29 24 32 -32 47 28 -28 39 30 -33 40 44
124 0 0 -30 57 4 14 23 1 21 38 -53 -29 19 14 -32 41 41 -28 34 17 -33 34 48
123 0 0 -30 52 47 14 23 6 20 38 -52 -29 15 6 -32 37 13 -28 30 14 -33 30 13
122 0 0 -30 49 45 14 23 12 20 39 -52 -29 12 10 -32 34 3 -28 27 21 -33 26 59
121 0 0 -30 47 57 14 23 18 19 40 -51 -29 10 25 -32 32 12 -28 25 37 -33 25 6
120 0 0 -30 47 24 14 23 23 19 41 -51 -29 9 51 -32 31 39 -28 25 2 -33 24 33
119 0 0 -30 48 5 14 23 28 18 41 -50 -29 10 28 -32 32 25 -28 25 38 -33 25 22
118 0 0 -30 50 1 14 23 33 17 42 -50 -29 12 17 -32 34 30 -28 27 23 -33 27 32
117 0 0 -30 53 12 14 23 38 17 43 -49 -29 15 17 -32 37 54 -28 30 19 -33 31 4
116 0 0 -30 57 38 14 23 43 16 43 -49 -29 19 29 -32 42 38 -28 34 25 -33 35 58
115 0 0 -31 3 21 14 23 48 16 44 -48 -29 24 53 -32 48 42 -28 39 42 -33 42 14
114 0 0 -31 10 19 14 23 52 15 45 -47 -29 31 30 -32 56 7 -28 46 9 -33 49 54
113 0 0 -31 18 34 14 23 56 14 45 -47 -29 39 20 -33 4 53 -28 53 49 -33 58 57
112 0 0 -31 28 6 14 24 0 14 46 -46 -29 48 23 -33 15 1 -29 2 40 -34 9 26
Uncertainty in time = +/- 3 secs
Prediction of 2015 Aug 20.0
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