July 31 Stellar Occultation Prediction

Date of prediction: 20070629 13:35 mountain time

Prediction Name: Pred_102

By Cathy Olkin

Prediction 102 using astrometry through jd 2454280.89777

Reference star position: 17:45:41.9799 -16:29:31.652

Reference ephemeris: DE413, PLU013

Changes since pred 101: more nights data

Mean of COL O-E, RA mas: -6.6641417 +/- 1.1785096

Mean of COL O-E, Dec mas: 2.3790064 +/- 1.0688468

Number of Pluto observations 54

070607 40.751488 -166.66667

070608 55.613797 -99.666667

070609 68.078959 -111.66667

070614 21.094884 -162.00000

070615 -18.697742 -142.66666

070627 218.14032 -129.00003

070628 -55.134365 -118.66667

070629 38.833781 -29.333338

Number of star observations: 24

Mean P495.3 offset: 46.085140 -119.95834 mas

stderr of mean star offset: 20.714508 16.500498 mas

f, g Pluto = -1416.1470 527.23601

f, g Star = 519.58746 -2371.3368

Geocentric Closest Approach Time: 2007 JUL 31 13:51:26.853

Closest approach distance, arcsec: 0.15168863