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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (754) MALABAR - 2002 JANUARY 16

[Prediction by Edwin Goffin]

The prediction given by Goffin runs across the North Island of New Zealand in the region of Auckland.


UPDATE: 8 JANUARY 2002

THE UPDATED PATH

Olga Update

The updated path is virtually coincident with the original Goffin prediction. The path crosses the North Island of New Zealand with the Auckland metropolitan area lying squarely within the occultation shadow at 11:12 UT (about two minutes earlier than the Goffin prediction).

Calculation Source

This prediction update has been computed by Steve Preston based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Ron Stone, historical astrometry from AstDys, and the Hipparcos catalog for the star position.

EVENT DETAILS SUMMARY: The Occultation Path: Data for the target star: Data for the minor planet:

IMPORTANT NOTE!

Astrometric updates such as these should not be taken as definitive, but rather only as an indication of where the true track may lie relative to the original predicted track. Observers must bear in mind that later astrometry, in which the target star is measured in the same field as the asteroid, may still reveal substantial changes to the predicted track and time of the event. For this reason it is most important that observers far from the predicted track still monitor the event.

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