A 10.14 second occultation was recorded by William Hanna, using Video OSD technique.

One clearly observed miss was recorded for this event.

View the updated prediction.

Observers:
  1(M) D Herald,Murrumbateman, NSW,AU
  2    W Hanna,Alice Springs, Australia
  3(P) Prediction, 16 March

        

Discussion:

The circle above is plotted at the expected 161 km diameter of Pretoria. With one chord and a contraining miss we can be sure that the path of Pretoria was north of the predicted line.

The figure below shows the Tangra light curve of the occultation.

Observational Data:

Observation details for MP ( 790 ) Pretoria
By Star              TYC 6069-01098-1
On 2013-03-20  at 11:35:06.0

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Observer   Dave Herald
Location   Murrumbateman, NSW
Longitude  +148:59
Latitude   -34:57
Altitude   594 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   40 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N+       PAL/CCIR
Camera Delay 0.05
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis

Missed

Comments:   Report prepopulated by IOTA Reporting Add-in for OW ver.1.7

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Observer   William Hanna
Location   Alice Springs, Australia
Longitude  +133:53
Latitude   -23:42
Altitude   581 m
Datum      WGS84
Telescope SCT including Cass and Mak
Aperture   20 cm
Seeing     Steady Clear
Camera Type  WAT120N+       NTSC/EIA
Camera Delay 0.29
Timing     GPS - time inserted Video with frame analysis
Disappearance  11:35:02.22
Reappearance   11:35:12.36
Comments: StellaCam 3 (Peltier-cooled WAT120N+) used.  Clear and calm.  Air temperature 28 C.