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Occultations What are they? An occultation occurs when one celestial object moves in front of another. The exact time of an occultation, and its duration, will depend upon the observer’s latitude and longitude. This email describes updates for minor planet occultations for February 2012. If you do not wish to receive these updates please advise the Occultation Section. You can view updated paths and other details at: http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/ Minor Planet Occultation Updates: ================================ Events of particular ease or importance below are marked: ***** Feb 1 (1679) NEVANLINNA: A path beginning between Brisbane and Hervey Bay in Queensland. The path then tracks north-west passing near Longreach. Then through the Northern Territory and into Western Australia ending near Derby. ***** Feb 2 (1984) FEDYNSKIJ: Beginning between Southport and Maryborough in Queensland. The path then moves north-west passing near Longreach, through the Northern Territory and into Western Australia ending near Kununurra. Feb 2 2010 WZ71: A very uncertain path possibly across Australia. Feb 3 (115) THYRA: A path beginning near Kununurra in Western Australia. The path then moves south-east passing near Tennant Creek, and into New South Wales and low altitude near Narrabri, Tamworth and Forster. Feb 3 (365) CORDUBA: Across northern Queensland near Townsville and Cairns. Feb 4 (7965) KATSUHIKO: A quite uncertain path passing near Halls Creek in Western Australia. Feb 5 (411) XANTHE: Across north Queensland near Cairns, Cooktown and Weipa. Feb 6 (1241) DYSONA: A path across South Island New Zeland in morning twilight. ***** Feb 7 (2479) SODANKYLA: A quite narrow north-to-south path across New Zealand passing near Nelson and Blenheim. Feb 7 (15) EUNOMIA: A path in south-east Western Australia passing near Kalgoorlie. Feb 7 (286) ICLEA: Firstly passing near Invercargill in New Zealand. Later the path passes across Australia centred from Sydney, to near Halls Creek in WA. Canberra is just inside the 1-sigma uncertainty area. ***** Feb 8 (1692) SUBBOTINA: Along a path emerging from evening twilight over central Australia, and into Queensland passing near Gladstone and Bundaberg. Feb 8 (109) FELICITAS: A path beginning near Kununurra in Western Australia. The path then moves south-east through central Australia, and into NSW near Broken Hill, and in Victoria near Bendigo and Melbourne at low altitude. Feb 9 (943) BEGONIA: Beginning near Exmouth and Karratha in Western Australia. The path then moves south-east through northern South Australia, and into NSW in morning twilight. Feb 10 (530) TURANDOT: A path firstly passing over New Zealand near Nelson, Blenheim and Wellington. In Australia the path is centred from near Byron Bay to Halls Creek in Western Australia. Feb 10 (423) DIOTIMA: Beginning in south Western Australia at low altitude passing near Esperance. The path then moves east and is centred from just south of Adelaide to Melbourne. Canberra is just inside the 1-sigma uncertainty area. In New Zealand the path is centred near Christchurch, with Dunedin and Wellington inside the 1-sigma uncertainty area. Feb 11 (5264) TELEPHUS: Aa quite uncertain south-to-north path across Western Australia centred from Albany to Shark Bay, passing near Perth and Northam. Feb 11 (817) ANNIKA: A somewhat narrow path firstly passing over South Island New Zealand near Timaru, Ashburton and Fox Glacier. Then in Australia the path begins near Forster in NSW and moves north-west passing near Tamworth and Narrabri. Feb 11 (585) BILKIS: A path across Australia from Brisbane, to near Halls Creek in Western Australia. Feb 11 (544) JETTA: Across Western Australia passing near Carnarvon and Meekatharra. Feb 12 (485) GENUA: A path across Australia from near Kalbarri in Western Australia, to New South Wales in morning twilight, passing near Dubbo and Port Macquarie. ***** Feb 13 (790) PRETORIA: Firstly passing over South Island New Zealand near Timaru, Dunedin and Queenstown. In Australia the path is centred through Bass Strait to Perth in Western Australia. Feb 13 (585) BILKIS: A path across Western Australia passing near Balladonia, Kalgoorlie and Shark Bay. Feb 15 (1021) FLAMMARIO: A path passing near Newcastle and North Sydney at low altitude. Later the path passes over New Zealand near Hamilton, Taupo and Gisborne. Feb 16 (570) KYTHERA: In NSW passing near Dubbo, Newcastle and Sydney. Later the path passes over New Zealand near Wellington, Nelson and Blenheim. Feb 19 (596) SCHEILA: Beginning near Port Hedland in Western Australia. The path moves south-east through central Australia, into NSW passing near Narrabri, Coffs Harbour and Newcastle. Later the path passes over North Island New Zealand south of Taupo. Feb 20 (99) DIKE: A path beginning near Broome in Western Australia. The path then moves south-east through central Australia and into NSW from Parkes to near Sydney. Canberra is just inside the 1-sigma uncertainty area. Feb 26 (449) HAMBURGA: Across northern Australia from near Darwin (low altitude) to Queensland near Charters Towers and Mackay. Feb 26 (171) OPHELIA: A path across Australia from Broome to Brisbane. Feb 26 (1676) KARIBA: A narrow path beginning near Port Lincoln in South Australia. The path then moves north-west through central Western Australia ending near Exmouth. Feb 27 (1660) WOOD: Across Western Australia from Jurien Bay to near Port Hedland, Feb 28 (407) ARACHNE: Beginning over New Zealand near Wellington, Nelson and Blenheim. Then in Australia the path passes near Albury and Mildura. Then into Souh Australia near Adelaide and Whyalla. In Western Australia the path is centred from Eucla to Kalbarri. Note: for some events there will be an additional last minute update so check for one, if you can, on the day of the event or in the days leading up to it. You may need to click "Reload" or "Refresh" in your browser to see the updated page. Please report all attempts at observation to Graham Blow at the address below. (PLEASE report observations on a copy of the report available from our website). ------------------------------------------ RASNZ Occultation Section P.O. Box 2241 Wellington, 6015 New Zealand Ph/Fax: +64-4-479-2504 Mobile: +64-25-479-403 Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it WEBSITE: http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/ |