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ASTROMETRIC UPDATE:
OCCULTATION BY (597) BANDUSIA - 2016 OCT 04

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Updated:   2016 Sep 26, 02:30 UT

Event Rank : 67

(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.

Bandusia Update Map


On 2016 Oct 04 UT, the 41 km diameter asteroid (597) Bandusia will occult a 8.7 mag star in the constellation Microscopium for observers along a path across central West Australia, passing over Kalgoorlie.

In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 4.32 mag to 13.00 mag (the magnitude of the asteroid) for at most 4.7 seconds.

This update is based on UNSO/Flagstaff astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Hugh Harris, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by Bill Owen, astrometry for the asteroid kindly provided by the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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 :
 Occultation of TYC 7476-00781-1 by 597 Bandusia on 2016 Oct  4 
                  Centre              Star  Star   Sun      Path Limits           Error Limits       Alt
  E. Longitude   Latitude      U.T.    Alt    Az   Alt    Limit 1    Limit 2    Limit 3    Limit 4   Crn
      o  '  "     o  '  "    h  m  s     o     o     o    o  '  "    o  '  "    o  '  "    o  '  "
                                                        Longitude  Longitude  Longitude  Longitude
    125 43 43   -10  0  0   12 42 19    65   202   -47  125 53 46  125 33 39  126  9 16  125 18 10   0.09
    125 32 28   -11  0  0   12 42  7    66   202   -46  125 42 34  125 22 23  125 58  6  125  6 51   0.09
    125 21 14   -12  0  0   12 41 54    67   203   -46  125 31 21  125 11  7  125 46 57  124 55 31   0.09
    125  9 59   -13  0  0   12 41 42    68   203   -45  125 20  9  124 59 50  125 35 48  124 44 11   0.09
    124 58 43   -14  0  0   12 41 30    69   204   -45  125  8 56  124 48 31  125 24 39  124 32 49   0.09

    124 47 26   -15  0  0   12 41 17    70   204   -44  124 57 41  124 37 11  125 13 28  124 21 25   0.09
    124 36  6   -16  0  0   12 41  5    71   205   -43  124 46 24  124 25 49  125  2 16  124  9 58   0.09
    124 24 44   -17  0  0   12 40 52    72   206   -43  124 35  5  124 14 23  124 51  1  123 58 27   0.08
    124 13 18   -18  0  0   12 40 40    73   206   -42  124 23 42  124  2 54  124 39 43  123 46 52   0.08
    124  1 47   -19  0  0   12 40 27    74   207   -42  124 12 15  123 51 19  124 28 22  123 35 13   0.08

    123 50 12   -20  0  0   12 40 14    75   208   -41  124  0 43  123 39 40  124 16 56  123 23 28   0.08
    123 38 31   -21  0  0   12 40  1    76   210   -40  123 49  6  123 27 55  124  5 25  123 11 36   0.08
    123 26 43   -22  0  0   12 39 48    77   211   -40  123 37 23  123 16  3  123 53 49  122 59 37   0.08
    123 14 48   -23  0  0   12 39 35    78   213   -39  123 25 33  123  4  3  123 42  6  122 47 30   0.08
    123  2 45   -24  0  0   12 39 22    79   214   -38  123 13 35  122 51 55  123 30 15  122 35 15   0.08

    122 50 33   -25  0  0   12 39  9    80   217   -38  123  1 28  122 39 38  123 18 16  122 22 49   0.08
    122 38 11   -26  0  0   12 38 56    81   219   -37  122 49 12  122 27 11  123  6  9  122 10 14   0.08
    122 25 39   -27  0  0   12 38 43    82   223   -36  122 36 45  122 14 32  122 53 51  121 57 26   0.08
    122 12 55   -28  0  0   12 38 30    82   227   -36  122 24  7  122  1 42  122 41 22  121 44 26   0.08
    121 59 58   -29  0  0   12 38 17    83   232   -35  122 11 17  121 48 39  122 28 42  121 31 13   0.08

    121 46 47   -30  0  0   12 38  4    84   238   -34  121 58 13  121 35 21  122 15 49  121 17 45   0.08
    121 33 21   -31  0  0   12 37 50    85   247   -33  121 44 54  121 21 48  122  2 41  121  4  1   0.08
    121 19 40   -32  0  0   12 37 37    85   258   -33  121 31 20  121  7 59  121 49 19  120 50  0   0.08
    121  5 41   -33  0  0   12 37 24    85   271   -32  121 17 30  120 53 52  121 35 41  120 35 40   0.08
    120 51 23   -34  0  0   12 37 11    85   286   -31  121  3 20  120 39 26  121 21 44  120 21  1   0.08

    120 36 46   -35  0  0   12 36 57    85   300   -31  120 48 52  120 24 39  121  7 29  120  6  1   0.08
    120 21 46   -36  0  0   12 36 44    85   313   -30  120 34  2  120  9 31  120 52 54  119 50 38   0.08
    120  6 24   -37  0  0   12 36 31    84   323   -29  120 18 49  119 53 58  120 37 56  119 34 50   0.08
Uncertainty in time = +/- 4 secs

Prediction of 2016 Sep 26.0


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