Occultation of GSC 23450183 by 704 Interamnia (USNO thru 12/14) Time of minimum geocentric separation: 9:13:22.4 UT on Dec 17,1996 Minimum radial separation: 2.413 arcsec Star at RA: 3 24 7.468 Dec: 33 36 17.89 Coordinates of equinox 2000.00 Occulting body ephemeris: Ephemeris Day/Time RA Dec Rho(AU) Dec 16,1996 0: 0: 0.0 3 24 51.055 33 50 21.67 1.851171 Dec 16,1996 4:48: 0.0 3 24 44.591 33 48 19.70 1.852562 Dec 16,1996 9:36: 0.0 3 24 38.195 33 46 17.77 1.853963 Dec 16,1996 14:24: 0.0 3 24 31.866 33 44 15.87 1.855374 Dec 16,1996 19:12: 0.0 3 24 25.605 33 42 14.02 1.856796 Dec 17,1996 0: 0: 0.0 3 24 19.412 33 40 12.22 1.858226 Dec 17,1996 4:48: 0.0 3 24 13.287 33 38 10.47 1.859667 Dec 17,1996 9:36: 0.0 3 24 7.230 33 36 8.77 1.861117 Dec 17,1996 14:24: 0.0 3 24 1.241 33 34 7.14 1.862577 Dec 17,1996 19:12: 0.0 3 23 55.320 33 32 5.56 1.864047 Dec 18,1996 0: 0: 0.0 3 23 49.468 33 30 4.06 1.865527 Dec 18,1996 4:48: 0.0 3 23 43.685 33 28 2.63 1.867016 Dec 18,1996 9:36: 0.0 3 23 37.971 33 26 1.27 1.868514 Dec 18,1996 14:24: 0.0 3 23 32.325 33 23 59.99 1.870023 Dec 18,1996 19:12: 0.0 3 23 26.749 33 21 58.80 1.871541 Corrections to ephemeris: -0.0490 sec in RA and -1.269 arcsec in Dec Curves terminated at a sun altitude of 0.0 degrees Adopted ET/UT correction: 62.76 seconds Maximum possible occultation duration: 29.8 sec Adopted radii of occulting body: Equatorial: 166.5 km Polar: 166.5 km Position angle of the pole: 0.00 deg Shadow is retrograde (East to West/right to left) Q (for sigma of 0.1): 0.81 Angular size: 0.247 arcsec At time of minimum separation, the Sun is 148.3 degrees from the star At time of minimum separation the Moon is 50.0% illuminated and is 62.4 degrees from star Output generated on: Sun Dec 15 19:28:32 1996 Northern Limit Curve Sun Star Moon U.T. Day/Time Lat Lon Alt Alt Alt (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) Dec 17,1996 9: 5:30.0 32.15 80.66 -39.7R 16.4S -46.6S Dec 17,1996 9: 6: 0.0 34.26 89.57 -47.1R 23.9S -39.2S Dec 17,1996 9: 6:30.0 35.06 96.75 -52.8R 29.5S -33.6S Dec 17,1996 9: 7: 0.0 35.15 102.97 -57.7R 34.2S -28.9S Dec 17,1996 9: 7:30.0 34.77 108.51 -62.1R 38.3S -24.7S Dec 17,1996 9: 8: 0.0 34.05 113.52 -66.2R 41.9S -20.8S Dec 17,1996 9: 8:30.0 33.06 118.08 -70.0R 45.1S -17.3S Dec 17,1996 9: 9: 0.0 31.85 122.25 -73.6R 48.1S -13.9S Dec 17,1996 9: 9:30.0 30.47 126.10 -77.0R 50.7S -10.8S Dec 17,1996 9:10: 0.0 28.95 129.66 -80.4R 53.1S -7.8S Dec 17,1996 9:10:30.0 27.29 132.96 -83.6R 55.2S -5.0S Dec 17,1996 9:11: 0.0 25.53 136.03 -86.8R 57.0S -2.2S Dec 17,1996 9:11:30.0 23.66 138.91 -89.7S 58.5S 0.4S Dec 17,1996 9:12: 0.0 21.70 141.60 -87.0S 59.7S 2.9S Dec 17,1996 9:12:30.0 19.66 144.14 -84.0S 60.5S 5.3S Dec 17,1996 9:13: 0.0 17.53 146.54 -81.0S 61.0S 7.7S Dec 17,1996 9:13:30.0 15.33 148.82 -78.0S 61.1S 9.9S Dec 17,1996 9:14: 0.0 13.04 150.98 -74.9S 60.8S 12.1S Dec 17,1996 9:14:30.0 10.67 153.05 -71.9S 60.1S 14.2S Dec 17,1996 9:15: 0.0 8.21 155.03 -68.9S 59.1S 16.2S Dec 17,1996 9:15:30.0 5.66 156.93 -65.8S 57.8S 18.2S Dec 17,1996 9:16: 0.0 3.01 158.77 -62.7S 56.2S 20.0S Dec 17,1996 9:16:30.0 0.24 160.56 -59.5S 54.2S 21.8S Dec 17,1996 9:17: 0.0 -2.65 162.29 -56.2S 52.0S 23.4S Dec 17,1996 9:17:30.0 -5.69 164.00 -52.9S 49.4S 24.9S Dec 17,1996 9:18: 0.0 -8.90 165.67 -49.4S 46.6S 26.3S Dec 17,1996 9:18:30.0 -12.32 167.33 -45.7S 43.5S 27.5S Dec 17,1996 9:19: 0.0 -16.00 168.99 -41.9S 40.1S 28.5S Dec 17,1996 9:19:30.0 -20.03 170.67 -37.7S 36.2S 29.3S Dec 17,1996 9:20: 0.0 -24.52 172.39 -33.2S 31.8S 29.7S Dec 17,1996 9:20:30.0 -29.72 174.21 -28.1S 26.7S 29.6S Dec 17,1996 9:21: 0.0 -36.18 176.20 -21.9S 20.2R 28.7S Dec 17,1996 9:21:30.0 -46.06 178.72 -12.7S 10.3R 25.7S Southern Limit Curve Sun Star Moon U.T. Day/Time Lat Lon Alt Alt Alt (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) Dec 17,1996 9: 5:30.0 26.20 75.13 -34.0R 9.2S -54.1S Dec 17,1996 9: 6: 0.0 29.99 86.18 -44.1R 19.4S -43.9S Dec 17,1996 9: 6:30.0 31.31 93.87 -50.6R 25.8S -37.4S Dec 17,1996 9: 7: 0.0 31.69 100.28 -56.0R 30.8S -32.2S Dec 17,1996 9: 7:30.0 31.51 105.89 -60.6R 35.1S -27.7S Dec 17,1996 9: 8: 0.0 30.93 110.92 -64.9R 38.8S -23.7S Dec 17,1996 9: 8:30.0 30.06 115.49 -68.8R 42.1S -20.0S Dec 17,1996 9: 9: 0.0 28.96 119.67 -72.5R 45.1S -16.6S Dec 17,1996 9: 9:30.0 27.67 123.51 -76.0R 47.7S -13.3S Dec 17,1996 9:10: 0.0 26.22 127.06 -79.3R 50.0S -10.3S Dec 17,1996 9:10:30.0 24.63 130.36 -82.4R 52.0S -7.4S Dec 17,1996 9:11: 0.0 22.92 133.44 -85.2R 53.8S -4.6S Dec 17,1996 9:11:30.0 21.10 136.31 -86.8R 55.2S -2.0S Dec 17,1996 9:12: 0.0 19.19 139.02 -85.8S 56.3S 0.5S Dec 17,1996 9:12:30.0 17.18 141.56 -83.4S 57.1S 3.0S Dec 17,1996 9:13: 0.0 15.08 143.96 -80.6S 57.5S 5.3S Dec 17,1996 9:13:30.0 12.89 146.24 -77.6S 57.6S 7.6S Dec 17,1996 9:14: 0.0 10.62 148.41 -74.6S 57.3S 9.7S Dec 17,1996 9:14:30.0 8.26 150.47 -71.6S 56.7S 11.8S Dec 17,1996 9:15: 0.0 5.80 152.45 -68.6S 55.7S 13.8S Dec 17,1996 9:15:30.0 3.23 154.35 -65.4S 54.5S 15.7S Dec 17,1996 9:16: 0.0 0.56 156.19 -62.3S 52.9S 17.5S Dec 17,1996 9:16:30.0 -2.23 157.96 -59.0S 51.0S 19.2S Dec 17,1996 9:17: 0.0 -5.17 159.68 -55.7S 48.8S 20.8S Dec 17,1996 9:17:30.0 -8.27 161.36 -52.3S 46.3S 22.2S Dec 17,1996 9:18: 0.0 -11.57 163.01 -48.7S 43.5S 23.5S Dec 17,1996 9:18:30.0 -15.10 164.63 -44.9S 40.3S 24.6S Dec 17,1996 9:19: 0.0 -18.94 166.24 -40.9S 36.8S 25.5S Dec 17,1996 9:19:30.0 -23.19 167.84 -36.5S 32.8S 26.1S Dec 17,1996 9:20: 0.0 -28.04 169.47 -31.7S 28.1S 26.2S Dec 17,1996 9:20:30.0 -33.85 171.14 -26.0S 22.4S 25.8S Dec 17,1996 9:21: 0.0 -41.75 172.91 -18.6S 14.6S 24.1S Shadow Center Line Sun Star Moon U.T. Day/Time Lat Lon Alt Alt Alt (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) Dec 17,1996 9: 5:30.0 29.50 78.37 -37.4R 13.3S -49.8S Dec 17,1996 9: 6: 0.0 32.20 87.99 -45.8R 21.8S -41.4S Dec 17,1996 9: 6:30.0 33.23 95.37 -51.8R 27.7S -35.5S Dec 17,1996 9: 7: 0.0 33.45 101.67 -56.9R 32.6S -30.5S Dec 17,1996 9: 7:30.0 33.16 107.23 -61.5R 36.7S -26.2S Dec 17,1996 9: 8: 0.0 32.51 112.24 -65.6R 40.4S -22.2S Dec 17,1996 9: 8:30.0 31.58 116.80 -69.5R 43.7S -18.6S Dec 17,1996 9: 9: 0.0 30.42 120.97 -73.1R 46.6S -15.2S Dec 17,1996 9: 9:30.0 29.09 124.81 -76.6R 49.2S -12.0S Dec 17,1996 9:10: 0.0 27.60 128.37 -80.0R 51.6S -9.0S Dec 17,1996 9:10:30.0 25.97 131.67 -83.2R 53.6S -6.2S Dec 17,1996 9:11: 0.0 24.24 134.74 -86.3R 55.4S -3.4S Dec 17,1996 9:11:30.0 22.40 137.62 -88.5R 56.9S -0.8S Dec 17,1996 9:12: 0.0 20.46 140.31 -86.8S 58.0S 1.7S Dec 17,1996 9:12:30.0 18.43 142.86 -83.9S 58.8S 4.2S Dec 17,1996 9:13: 0.0 16.32 145.26 -80.9S 59.3S 6.5S Dec 17,1996 9:13:30.0 14.13 147.53 -77.9S 59.3S 8.8S Dec 17,1996 9:14: 0.0 11.84 149.70 -74.9S 59.1S 10.9S Dec 17,1996 9:14:30.0 9.48 151.77 -71.9S 58.4S 13.0S Dec 17,1996 9:15: 0.0 7.02 153.75 -68.8S 57.5S 15.0S Dec 17,1996 9:15:30.0 4.46 155.65 -65.7S 56.2S 17.0S Dec 17,1996 9:16: 0.0 1.80 157.49 -62.5S 54.5S 18.8S Dec 17,1996 9:16:30.0 -0.98 159.27 -59.3S 52.6S 20.5S Dec 17,1996 9:17: 0.0 -3.89 161.00 -56.0S 50.4S 22.1S Dec 17,1996 9:17:30.0 -6.96 162.69 -52.6S 47.9S 23.6S Dec 17,1996 9:18: 0.0 -10.21 164.35 -49.1S 45.1S 24.9S Dec 17,1996 9:18:30.0 -13.68 165.99 -45.4S 42.0S 26.1S Dec 17,1996 9:19: 0.0 -17.44 167.63 -41.4S 38.5S 27.0S Dec 17,1996 9:19:30.0 -21.56 169.28 -37.2S 34.6S 27.7S Dec 17,1996 9:20: 0.0 -26.22 170.96 -32.5S 30.0S 28.0S Dec 17,1996 9:20:30.0 -31.69 172.71 -27.2S 24.7S 27.7S Dec 17,1996 9:21: 0.0 -38.72 174.62 -20.5S 17.7S 26.5S Dec 17,1996 9:21:30.0 -52.43 177.08 -8.0S 4.0R 21.5S