Occultation of PPM 200723 by Hale-Bopp (Yeoman's orbit #41) Time of minimum geocentric separation: 2:56:11.3 UT on Oct 5,1996 Minimum radial separation: 0.354 arcsec Star at RA: 17 29 59.845 Dec: -4 48 9.45 Coordinates of equinox 2000.00 Occulting body ephemeris: Ephemeris Day/Time RA Dec Rho(AU) Oct 4,1996 12: 0: 0.0 17 29 55.758 -4 49 57.78 2.999368 Oct 4,1996 14:24: 0.0 17 29 56.386 -4 49 40.44 2.999781 Oct 4,1996 16:48: 0.0 17 29 57.025 -4 49 23.09 3.000193 Oct 4,1996 19:12: 0.0 17 29 57.677 -4 49 5.74 3.000604 Oct 4,1996 21:36: 0.0 17 29 58.341 -4 48 48.38 3.001013 Oct 5,1996 0: 0: 0.0 17 29 59.017 -4 48 31.01 3.001422 Oct 5,1996 2:24: 0.0 17 29 59.705 -4 48 13.64 3.001829 Oct 5,1996 4:48: 0.0 17 30 0.405 -4 47 56.27 3.002234 Oct 5,1996 7:12: 0.0 17 30 1.117 -4 47 38.88 3.002639 Oct 5,1996 9:36: 0.0 17 30 1.841 -4 47 21.49 3.003042 Oct 5,1996 12: 0: 0.0 17 30 2.578 -4 47 4.10 3.003444 Oct 5,1996 14:24: 0.0 17 30 3.326 -4 46 46.69 3.003844 Oct 5,1996 16:48: 0.0 17 30 4.087 -4 46 29.29 3.004243 Oct 5,1996 19:12: 0.0 17 30 4.860 -4 46 11.87 3.004641 Oct 5,1996 21:36: 0.0 17 30 5.644 -4 45 54.45 3.005038 Corrections to ephemeris: 0.0000 sec in RA and 0.000 arcsec in Dec Curves terminated at a sun altitude of 0.0 degrees Adopted ET/UT correction: 62.64 seconds Maximum possible occultation duration: 39.2 sec Adopted radii of occulting body: Equatorial: 100.0 km Polar: 100.0 km Position angle of the pole: 0.00 deg Shadow is prograde (West to East/left to right) Q (for sigma of 0.1): 2.18 Angular size: 0.092 arcsec At time of minimum separation, the Sun is 71.0 degrees from the star At time of minimum separation the Moon is 44.2% illuminated and is 150.6 degrees from star Output generated on: Mon Sep 16 12:45:05 1996 Northern Limit Curve Sun Star Moon U.T. Day/Time Lat Lon Alt Alt Alt (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) Oct 5,1996 3: 4:30.0 12.19 140.17 0.1S 65.6S -59.4S Oct 5,1996 3: 5: 0.0 13.46 139.43 -0.8S 64.1S -58.4S Oct 5,1996 3: 5:30.0 14.74 138.68 -1.8S 62.6S -57.5S Oct 5,1996 3: 6: 0.0 16.03 137.89 -2.8S 61.1S -56.4S Oct 5,1996 3: 6:30.0 17.33 137.08 -3.8S 59.6S -55.3S Oct 5,1996 3: 7: 0.0 18.65 136.23 -4.8S 58.0S -54.2S Oct 5,1996 3: 7:30.0 19.98 135.35 -5.8S 56.4S -53.0S Oct 5,1996 3: 8: 0.0 21.33 134.43 -6.8S 54.7S -51.8S Oct 5,1996 3: 8:30.0 22.70 133.45 -7.9S 53.0S -50.5S Oct 5,1996 3: 9: 0.0 24.08 132.43 -9.0S 51.3S -49.2S Oct 5,1996 3: 9:30.0 25.49 131.35 -10.1S 49.5S -47.8R Oct 5,1996 3:10: 0.0 26.92 130.20 -11.3S 47.7S -46.3R Oct 5,1996 3:10:30.0 28.37 128.97 -12.4S 45.8S -44.8R Oct 5,1996 3:11: 0.0 29.86 127.65 -13.6S 43.9S -43.3R Oct 5,1996 3:11:30.0 31.38 126.23 -14.9S 41.9S -41.6R Oct 5,1996 3:12: 0.0 32.93 124.69 -16.2S 39.8S -39.9R Oct 5,1996 3:12:30.0 34.52 122.99 -17.5S 37.6S -38.1R Oct 5,1996 3:13: 0.0 36.16 121.12 -19.0S 35.3S -36.1R Oct 5,1996 3:13:30.0 37.85 119.03 -20.4S 32.9S -34.1R Oct 5,1996 3:14: 0.0 39.61 116.65 -22.0S 30.3S -31.8R Oct 5,1996 3:14:30.0 41.44 113.90 -23.7S 27.4S -29.4R Oct 5,1996 3:15: 0.0 43.36 110.65 -25.5S 24.3S -26.7R Oct 5,1996 3:15:30.0 45.40 106.63 -27.5S 20.7S -23.6R Oct 5,1996 3:16: 0.0 47.62 101.36 -29.9S 16.3S -19.9R Oct 5,1996 3:16:30.0 50.15 93.29 -33.0S 10.4S -14.7R Southern Limit Curve Sun Star Moon U.T. Day/Time Lat Lon Alt Alt Alt (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) Oct 5,1996 3: 4: 0.0 10.14 139.21 -0.5S 66.3S -61.6S Oct 5,1996 3: 4:30.0 11.39 138.49 -1.5S 64.9S -60.6S Oct 5,1996 3: 5: 0.0 12.66 137.75 -2.4S 63.5S -59.6S Oct 5,1996 3: 5:30.0 13.93 136.99 -3.4S 62.0S -58.6S Oct 5,1996 3: 6: 0.0 15.22 136.19 -4.3S 60.5S -57.5S Oct 5,1996 3: 6:30.0 16.51 135.37 -5.3S 58.9S -56.4S Oct 5,1996 3: 7: 0.0 17.82 134.52 -6.3S 57.4S -55.2S Oct 5,1996 3: 7:30.0 19.15 133.62 -7.4S 55.8S -54.0S Oct 5,1996 3: 8: 0.0 20.49 132.68 -8.4S 54.1S -52.7S Oct 5,1996 3: 8:30.0 21.84 131.70 -9.5S 52.4S -51.4R Oct 5,1996 3: 9: 0.0 23.22 130.66 -10.6S 50.7S -50.0R Oct 5,1996 3: 9:30.0 24.61 129.56 -11.7S 49.0S -48.6R Oct 5,1996 3:10: 0.0 26.03 128.40 -12.9S 47.1S -47.1R Oct 5,1996 3:10:30.0 27.47 127.15 -14.1S 45.3S -45.6R Oct 5,1996 3:11: 0.0 28.95 125.81 -15.3S 43.3S -43.9R Oct 5,1996 3:11:30.0 30.45 124.37 -16.6S 41.3S -42.3R Oct 5,1996 3:12: 0.0 31.98 122.80 -17.9S 39.2S -40.5R Oct 5,1996 3:12:30.0 33.56 121.08 -19.2S 37.0S -38.6R Oct 5,1996 3:13: 0.0 35.17 119.17 -20.7S 34.7S -36.7R Oct 5,1996 3:13:30.0 36.84 117.04 -22.2S 32.2S -34.5R Oct 5,1996 3:14: 0.0 38.57 114.63 -23.8S 29.6S -32.3R Oct 5,1996 3:14:30.0 40.37 111.83 -25.5S 26.7S -29.8R Oct 5,1996 3:15: 0.0 42.26 108.50 -27.4S 23.5S -27.0R Oct 5,1996 3:15:30.0 44.26 104.39 -29.5S 19.8S -23.8R Oct 5,1996 3:16: 0.0 46.44 98.92 -31.9S 15.4S -19.9R Oct 5,1996 3:16:30.0 48.97 90.21 -35.3S 8.9S -14.3R Shadow Center Line Sun Star Moon U.T. Day/Time Lat Lon Alt Alt Alt (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg) Oct 5,1996 3: 4: 0.0 10.54 140.05 0.3S 66.7S -60.9S Oct 5,1996 3: 4:30.0 11.79 139.33 -0.7S 65.3S -60.0S Oct 5,1996 3: 5: 0.0 13.06 138.59 -1.6S 63.8S -59.0S Oct 5,1996 3: 5:30.0 14.34 137.83 -2.6S 62.3S -58.0S Oct 5,1996 3: 6: 0.0 15.62 137.04 -3.5S 60.8S -57.0S Oct 5,1996 3: 6:30.0 16.92 136.23 -4.5S 59.3S -55.9S Oct 5,1996 3: 7: 0.0 18.24 135.38 -5.5S 57.7S -54.7S Oct 5,1996 3: 7:30.0 19.56 134.49 -6.6S 56.1S -53.5S Oct 5,1996 3: 8: 0.0 20.91 133.56 -7.6S 54.4S -52.2S Oct 5,1996 3: 8:30.0 22.27 132.58 -8.7S 52.7S -50.9S Oct 5,1996 3: 9: 0.0 23.65 131.55 -9.8S 51.0S -49.6R Oct 5,1996 3: 9:30.0 25.05 130.46 -10.9S 49.3S -48.2R Oct 5,1996 3:10: 0.0 26.47 129.30 -12.1S 47.4S -46.7R Oct 5,1996 3:10:30.0 27.92 128.06 -13.2S 45.6S -45.2R Oct 5,1996 3:11: 0.0 29.40 126.74 -14.5S 43.6S -43.6R Oct 5,1996 3:11:30.0 30.91 125.30 -15.7S 41.6S -42.0R Oct 5,1996 3:12: 0.0 32.45 123.75 -17.0S 39.5S -40.2R Oct 5,1996 3:12:30.0 34.04 122.04 -18.4S 37.3S -38.4R Oct 5,1996 3:13: 0.0 35.66 120.15 -19.8S 35.0S -36.4R Oct 5,1996 3:13:30.0 37.34 118.04 -21.3S 32.6S -34.3R Oct 5,1996 3:14: 0.0 39.09 115.64 -22.9S 29.9S -32.1R Oct 5,1996 3:14:30.0 40.90 112.87 -24.6S 27.1S -29.6R Oct 5,1996 3:15: 0.0 42.80 109.59 -26.4S 23.9S -26.9R Oct 5,1996 3:15:30.0 44.83 105.53 -28.5S 20.3S -23.7R Oct 5,1996 3:16: 0.0 47.02 100.16 -30.9S 15.9S -19.9R Oct 5,1996 3:16:30.0 49.55 91.83 -34.1S 9.7S -14.6R