PREDICTED PROFILE
LIMIT LINE PREDICTIONS
Grazing Occultation of 146338 G0 Magnitude 8.5 [Red = 8.2]
Date: 2012 Dec 19 0h 48m, to 2012 Dec 19 0h 57m
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 36 53 10 0 47 32 46 210 0.96 148.5 171.37 7.95S
- 96 45 0 37 1 4 0 48 3 46 210 0.97 148.6 171.42 7.90S
- 96 30 0 37 8 55 0 48 35 46 211 0.98 148.6 171.48 7.84S
- 96 15 0 37 16 42 0 49 6 45 211 0.98 148.7 171.53 7.79S
- 96 0 0 37 24 26 0 49 37 45 212 0.99 148.7 171.59 7.73S
- 95 45 0 37 32 7 0 50 8 45 212 1.00 148.8 171.65 7.68S
- 95 30 0 37 39 45 0 50 39 45 213 1.01 148.8 171.70 7.62S
- 95 15 0 37 47 19 0 51 9 44 213 1.02 148.9 171.76 7.56S
- 95 0 0 37 54 50 0 51 39 44 213 1.03 148.9 171.81 7.51S
- 94 45 0 38 2 18 0 52 9 44 214 1.04 149.0 171.87 7.45S
- 94 30 0 38 9 43 0 52 38 44 214 1.05 149.1 171.93 7.39S
- 94 15 0 38 17 4 0 53 7 43 215 1.06 149.1 171.98 7.34S
- 94 0 0 38 24 23 0 53 36 43 215 1.07 149.2 172.04 7.28S
- 93 45 0 38 31 38 0 54 4 43 215 1.08 149.2 172.10 7.22S
- 93 30 0 38 38 50 0 54 33 43 216 1.09 149.3 172.15 7.17S
- 93 15 0 38 45 59 0 55 1 42 216 1.10 149.3 172.21 7.11S
- 93 0 0 38 53 5 0 55 29 42 217 1.11 149.4 172.27 7.05S
- 92 45 0 39 0 7 0 55 56 42 217 1.12 149.5 172.32 7.00S
- 92 30 0 39 7 7 0 56 23 41 217 1.13 149.5 172.38 6.94S
- 92 15 0 39 14 3 0 56 50 41 218 1.14 149.6 172.44 6.88S
- 92 0 0 39 20 57 0 57 17 41 218 1.15 149.6 172.49 6.83S
Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level.
Librations Long +7.34 Lat -5.98
P +171.23 D -4.63
Illumination of moon 37%+
Elongation of Moon 75
Vertical Profile Scale 2.13 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
Horizontal Scale Factor 1.42 deg/min
At longitude -94.50:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
CA\Tdia 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
3.4 5.1 6.5 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.5 8.7
5.4 5.9 7.4 8.2 8.7 9.1 9.4 9.6
7.4 5.9 7.4 8.2 8.7 9.1 9.4 9.6
9.4 5.9 7.4 8.2 8.7 9.1 9.4 9.6
11.4 5.9 7.4 8.2 8.8 9.1 9.4 9.6
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Results of Observer Scan UT
Site Long. Lat. Dist. h m s
C 3 Bonner SprKS Robinson~Walte -94.9 39.1 102km 0 51 51
C 4 Blue SprinMO Sandy~Robert L -94.3 39.0 74km 0 52 56
C 10 Urbana IL Olsen~Aart -88.2 40.1 86km 1 3 30
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