International Occultation Timing Association
European Section
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Pluto, TNOs |
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Total or grazing lunar occultations are among the events with the longest tradition in occultation astronomy.
For total lunar occultations as well as for grazing lunar occultations, the precise knowledge of the lunar limb is an absolute prerequisite. The MOONLIMB program does provide such precise data. An overview is given here.
Members of IOTA get for their own observing stations predictions of lunar occultations, either total or grazing ones, specially calculated for their observatory and/or travel radius in case of mobile stations. Some bright total lunar occultations, as can be seen from a point in central Europe (Frankfurt a.M.) are given as follows:
Predictions for 2014, Bright total Lunar Occultations, visible from Frankfurt, Main, Germany
Explanations for the table can be found here.
