PREDICTED PROFILE


LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of  118388 K0      Magnitude 7.8 [Red = 7.2]   
Date: 2012 Oct 12 11h  2m,  to  2012 Oct 12 11h  5m

Nominal site altitude 236m

E. Longit.   Latitude     U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    AA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '  "   h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o
- 97  0  0   40  9 11  11  1 36       17 102  3.18 202.7 180.40   7.14S
- 96 45  0   40  8  1  11  1 44       18 102  3.14 202.7 180.44   7.18S
- 96 30  0   40  6 49  11  1 53       18 102  3.10 202.7 180.48   7.23S
- 96 15  0   40  5 35  11  2  2       18 102  3.06 202.8 180.53   7.27S
- 96  0  0   40  4 20  11  2 11       18 102  3.02 202.8 180.57   7.31S
- 95 45  0   40  3  3  11  2 21       19 102  2.98 202.9 180.61   7.35S
- 95 30  0   40  1 45  11  2 30       19 103  2.94 202.9 180.66   7.40S
- 95 15  0   40  0 25  11  2 39       19 103  2.91 203.0 180.70   7.44S
- 95  0  0   39 59  3  11  2 49       19 103  2.87 203.0 180.74   7.48S
- 94 45  0   39 57 40  11  2 59       19 103  2.84 203.0 180.79   7.53S
- 94 30  0   39 56 15  11  3  8       20 103  2.80 203.1 180.83   7.57S
- 94 15  0   39 54 48  11  3 18       20 104  2.77 203.1 180.88   7.62S
- 94  0  0   39 53 20  11  3 28       20 104  2.73 203.2 180.92   7.66S
- 93 45  0   39 51 50  11  3 38       20 104  2.70 203.2 180.96   7.71S
- 93 30  0   39 50 19  11  3 49       21 104  2.67 203.3 181.01   7.75S
- 93 15  0   39 48 45  11  3 59       21 104  2.64 203.3 181.05   7.80S
- 93  0  0   39 47 10  11  4 10       21 105  2.61 203.4 181.10   7.84S
- 92 45  0   39 45 34  11  4 20       21 105  2.57 203.4 181.14   7.89S
- 92 30  0   39 43 55  11  4 31       21 105  2.55 203.4 181.19   7.93S
- 92 15  0   39 42 15  11  4 42       22 105  2.52 203.5 181.24   7.98S
- 92  0  0   39 40 33  11  4 53       22 105  2.49 203.5 181.28   8.02S

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.


                Librations  Long -5.43   Lat +6.88
                            P +180.16     D +7.22
      Illumination of moon  12%-
        Elongation of Moon  40
    Vertical Profile Scale  1.98 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.79 deg/min


At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     3.6      5.4   6.8   7.6   8.0   8.4   8.6   8.8
     5.6      5.4   6.8   7.6   8.1   8.4   8.7   8.8
     7.6      5.4   6.9   7.6   8.1   8.5   8.7   8.9
     9.6      6.4   7.9   8.7   9.2   9.6   9.9  10.1
    11.6      6.4   7.9   8.7   9.3   9.7   9.9  10.2

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Results of Observer Scan                                    UT
Site                              Long.   Lat.   Dist.    h  m  s
C  2 Nebraska CNE Lanning~Eugene  -95.9   40.7    67km   11  2 14
C  3 Bonner SprKS Robinson~Walte  -94.9   39.1   101km   11  2 53
C  4 Blue SprinMO Sandy~Robert L  -94.3   39.0    99km   11  3 15
C 10 Urbana    IL Olsen~Aart      -88.2   40.1   100km   11  7 55



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