Magnetudes of Selected Stellar Occultation Candidates for Pluto and Other Planets, with New Predictions for Mars and Jupiter
Abstract
Occultation predictions for the planets Mars and Jupiter are presented along with BVRI magnitudes of 45 occultation candidates for Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto. Observers can use these magnitudes to plan observations of occultation events. The optical depth of the Jovian ring can be probed by a nearly central occultation on 1992 July 8. Mars occults an unusually red star in early 1993, and the occultations for Pluto involving the brightest candidates would possibly occur in the spring of 1992 and the fall of 1993.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1086/116154
- Bibcode:
- 1992AJ....103.1395S
- Keywords:
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- Jupiter (Planet);
- Mars (Planet);
- Pluto (Planet);
- Stellar Magnitude;
- Stellar Occultation;
- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Infrared Astronomy;
- Planetary Rings;
- Saturn (Planet);
- Uranus (Planet);
- Astronomy;
- OCCULTATIONS;
- ASTROMETRY;
- PLANETS AND SATELLITES: GENERAL