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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (6) HEBE - 2004 JAN 27

[Edwin Goffin's Prediction + Finder Charts]

[Detailed Finder Charts]


UPDATE: 2004 JAN 05, 23:44 UT

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 the time for your location)

Hebe Update Map


On 2004 Jan 27 UT, the 185 km diameter asteroid (6) Hebe will occult a 10.9 mag star in the constellation Gemini for observers along a path across Australia

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 0.2 mag to 8.9 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 16.2 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Ron Stone, TMO astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill Owen, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Stefano Sposetti, 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 : Data for the target star : Data for the minor planet : The Occultation Path :
                  Centre              Star  Star   Sun      Path Limits           Error Limits
  E. Longitude   Latitude      U.T.    Alt    Az   Alt    Limit 1    Limit 2    Limit 3    Limit 4
      o  '  "     o  '  "    h  m  s     o     o     o    o  '  "    o  '  "    o  '  "    o  '  "
                                                        Longitude  Longitude  Longitude  Longitude
    ... .. ..   -50  0  0   .. .. ..    ..    ..    ..  ... .. ..  149 34  5  ... .. ..  148 40 26
    149 13 23   -49  0  0   17 42 34     2   291    -9  ... .. ..  145 43 35  ... .. ..  144 55 47
    145 28 34   -48  0  0   17 42 35     4   294   -11  148 52 44  142 19 29  149 44 31  141 35 57

                                                         Latitude   Latitude   Latitude   Latitude
    144  0  0   -47 34 12   17 42 36     5   295   -12  -46 38 15  -48 30 23  -46 24 51  -48 43 54
    143  0  0   -47 16  1   17 42 37     6   296   -13  -46 19 49  -48 12 26  -46  6 21  -48 26  1
    142  0  0   -46 57 14   17 42 38     7   296   -13  -46  0 47  -47 53 55  -45 47 16  -48  7 34
    141  0  0   -46 37 52   17 42 39     8   297   -14  -45 41 10  -47 34 49  -45 27 35  -47 48 31
    140  0  0   -46 17 55   17 42 40     8   298   -15  -45 20 56  -47 15  7  -45  7 18  -47 28 53

    139  0  0   -45 57 20   17 42 41     9   299   -16  -45  0  6  -46 54 49  -44 46 24  -47  8 39
    138  0  0   -45 36  9   17 42 42    10   299   -16  -44 38 38  -46 33 55  -44 24 52  -46 47 49
    137  0  0   -45 14 21   17 42 44    11   300   -17  -44 16 34  -46 12 23  -44  2 44  -46 26 21
    136  0  0   -44 51 55   17 42 45    11   301   -18  -43 53 51  -45 50 14  -43 39 57  -46  4 16
    135  0  0   -44 28 51   17 42 47    12   301   -18  -43 30 30  -45 27 27  -43 16 32  -45 41 33

    134  0  0   -44  5  8   17 42 49    13   302   -19  -43  6 30  -45  4  1  -42 52 28  -45 18 12
    133  0  0   -43 40 46   17 42 50    14   303   -20  -42 41 52  -44 39 57  -42 27 45  -44 54 12
    132  0  0   -43 15 46   17 42 53    15   304   -21  -42 16 33  -44 15 14  -42  2 23  -44 29 33
    131  0  0   -42 50  5   17 42 55    16   304   -21  -41 50 35  -43 49 51  -41 36 21  -44  4 14
    130  0  0   -42 23 44   17 42 57    16   305   -22  -41 23 57  -43 23 48  -41  9 39  -43 38 16

    129  0  0   -41 56 43   17 43  0    17   306   -23  -40 56 39  -42 57  5  -40 42 16  -43 11 37
    128  0  0   -41 29  2   17 43  2    18   306   -24  -40 28 40  -42 29 41  -40 14 13  -42 44 18
    127  0  0   -41  0 39   17 43  5    19   307   -25  -40  0  0  -42  1 37  -39 45 29  -42 16 17
    126  0  0   -40 31 35   17 43  8    20   308   -25  -39 30 38  -41 32 51  -39 16  3  -41 47 36
    125  0  0   -40  1 50   17 43 11    21   308   -26  -39  0 36  -41  3 23  -38 45 56  -41 18 13

    124  0  0   -39 31 24   17 43 14    22   309   -27  -38 29 51  -40 33 14  -38 15  8  -40 48  8
    123  0  0   -39  0 15   17 43 18    23   310   -28  -37 58 25  -40  2 24  -37 43 38  -40 17 21
    122  0  0   -38 28 25   17 43 21    24   310   -29  -37 26 18  -39 30 51  -37 11 26  -39 45 53
    121  0  0   -37 55 52   17 43 25    24   311   -29  -36 53 29  -38 58 36  -36 38 33  -39 13 42
    120  0  0   -37 22 38   17 43 29    25   312   -30  -36 19 58  -38 25 39  -36  4 58  -38 40 49

    119  0  0   -36 48 42   17 43 33    26   312   -31  -35 45 45  -37 52  0  -35 30 41  -38  7 15
    118  0  0   -36 14  5   17 43 38    27   313   -32  -35 10 51  -37 17 39  -34 55 43  -37 32 58
    117  0  0   -35 38 45   17 43 42    28   313   -33  -34 35 15  -36 42 36  -34 20  4  -36 57 59
    116  0  0   -35  2 44   17 43 47    29   314   -34  -33 58 59  -36  6 51  -33 43 44  -36 22 18
    115  0  0   -34 26  3   17 43 52    30   315   -35  -33 22  2  -35 30 25  -33  6 43  -35 45 55

    114  0  0   -33 48 40   17 43 57    31   315   -35  -32 44 24  -34 53 18  -32 29  1  -35  8 52
    113  0  0   -33 10 37   17 44  3    32   316   -36  -32  6  6  -34 15 30  -31 50 40  -34 31  7
    112  0  0   -32 31 54   17 44  8    33   317   -37  -31 27  9  -33 37  1  -31 11 40  -33 52 43
    111  0  0   -31 52 32   17 44 14    34   317   -38  -30 47 33  -32 57 53  -30 32  1  -33 13 38
    110  0  0   -31 12 31   17 44 20    36   318   -39  -30  7 19  -32 18  6  -29 51 44  -32 33 54

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