PREDICTED PROFILE


LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of  128469 G5      Magnitude 7.7 [Red = 7.3]   
Date: 2012 Nov 23  2h 49m,  to  2012 Nov 23  3h  0m

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   39 42 24   2 48 47       53 194  0.75 149.1 173.43   9.64S
- 96 45  0   39 50 11   2 49 24       53 195  0.75 149.1 173.49   9.58S
- 96 30  0   39 57 55   2 50  1       53 196  0.76 149.2 173.54   9.52S
- 96 15  0   40  5 35   2 50 37       53 196  0.76 149.2 173.60   9.46S
- 96  0  0   40 13 11   2 51 14       52 197  0.77 149.3 173.66   9.41S
- 95 45  0   40 20 44   2 51 50       52 198  0.78 149.4 173.72   9.35S
- 95 30  0   40 28 14   2 52 25       52 198  0.78 149.4 173.78   9.29S
- 95 15  0   40 35 40   2 53  1       52 199  0.79 149.5 173.84   9.23S
- 95  0  0   40 43  2   2 53 36       52 199  0.79 149.5 173.89   9.17S
- 94 45  0   40 50 21   2 54 11       51 200  0.80 149.6 173.95   9.11S
- 94 30  0   40 57 37   2 54 45       51 200  0.81 149.6 174.01   9.05S
- 94 15  0   41  4 49   2 55 20       51 201  0.81 149.7 174.07   8.99S
- 94  0  0   41 11 57   2 55 54       51 201  0.82 149.8 174.13   8.93S
- 93 45  0   41 19  2   2 56 28       50 202  0.83 149.8 174.19   8.87S
- 93 30  0   41 26  4   2 57  1       50 203  0.83 149.9 174.25   8.81S
- 93 15  0   41 33  2   2 57 35       50 203  0.84 149.9 174.31   8.75S
- 93  0  0   41 39 57   2 58  8       50 204  0.85 150.0 174.37   8.69S
- 92 45  0   41 46 48   2 58 41       50 204  0.85 150.1 174.43   8.63S
- 92 30  0   41 53 36   2 59 13       49 205  0.86 150.1 174.49   8.57S
- 92 15  0   42  0 21   2 59 46       49 205  0.87 150.2 174.55   8.51S
- 92  0  0   42  7  2   3  0 18       49 206  0.87 150.2 174.61   8.45S

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


    C A S S I N I   R E G I O N   G R A Z E
                Librations  Long +6.44   Lat -5.16
                            P +173.48     D -4.20
      Illumination of moon  74%+
        Elongation of Moon  119
    Vertical Profile Scale  2.16 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  1.34 deg/min


At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     5.1      4.8   6.2   7.0   7.5   7.8   8.1   8.3
     7.1      5.6   7.0   7.8   8.3   8.7   9.0   9.2
     9.1      5.6   7.1   7.9   8.4   8.8   9.0   9.2
    11.1      5.6   7.1   7.9   8.4   8.8   9.0   9.2
    13.1      5.7   7.1   7.9   8.4   8.8   9.0   9.2

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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    39km    2 51 23
C  4 Blue SprinMO Sandy~Robert L  -94.3   39.0   191km    2 55  7
C 11 GreenfieldWI MilwaukeeAS Ob  -88.1   43.0    74km    3  8  1



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