Possible Occultations by Charon 1993-1999
Closest Approach Velocity Sun Region of
Num Date U.T. Distance (km/sec) Angle RA(1950) Dec(1950) Mv Observability
1994
C21 15 May 10:53 0.35s 23.5 165 15 48 42.805 -5 14 52.89 14.9 Pacific Ocean
C22 18 May 16:08 0.86n 23.4 166 15 48 22.272 -5 13 52.03 14.8 W. Pacific, India
1995
C24a 8 Jan 3:41 0.23s 26.7 49 15 59 11.331 -6 54 16.65 13.7 Africa, Middle East
C28a 6 Jul 3:20 0.10n 15.7 133 15 53 13.669 -6 10 46.87 15.7 S.America, E. N.America
1996
C29a 27 Feb 17:02 0.27n 6.8 95 16 11 53.104 -7 43 24.09 16.3 W. Pacific
C30a 17 Apr 3:51 0.97n 18.3 143 16 10 16.559 -7 23 12.39 16.4 Atlantic, S.America
C31a 28 Jul 2:16 0.04s 9.6 114 16 01 20.764 -7 15 35.67 14.5 S.America, E. N.America
C32c 28 Jul 8:20 0.76s 9.5 114 16 01 20.270 -7 15 42.13 14.6 Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia
C34a 19 Sep 14:55 0.48s 20.6 65 16 02 31.159 -7 46 22.72 15.3 India
1997
C38 4 Jun 22:23 0.88s 23.1 163 16 14 53.687 -8 06 11.42 16.1 Europe, Africa, Asia, Atlantic
1998
C39 25 Jan 13:41 0.27n 22.6 59 16 28 04.590 -9 37 52.53 15.3 W. N.America
C41 27 Jun 4:17 0.82n 20.1 148 16 22 06.146 -9 01 55.79 15.7 S.America, E. N.America
C42a 9 Jul 21:58 0.97s 16.7 137 16 21 01.635 -9 03 30.47 14.7 Europe, Africa, E. S.America
C43a 7 Aug 12:25 0.67s 8.2 110 16 19 33.762 -9 12 05.77 15.7 W. Pacific
1999
C45a 1 Feb 18:45 0.05s 20.4 63 16 37 43.506 -10 29 39.10 14.7 Australia
C46a 27 Feb 23:36 0.82n 8.4 89 16 39 22.097 -10 25 27.11 15.1 India, Central Asia
C48a 11 Jul 22:53 0.28n 17.1 138 16 30 13.718 -9 58 51.54 15.6 Europe, Africa, S.America
C49a 26 Sep 0:51 0.04s 19.7 66 16 29 58.316 -10 32 05.73 12.7 S.America, E. N.America
Notes:
a possible occultation by Pluto
b Extremely weak image with uncertain position.
c This is southwest component of close pair of equal brightness.