Stellar occultations by TNOs

The following is a list of potential occultations by TNOs that we have selected as promising. For them we need high accuracy astrometry.

  • A possible stellar occultation by Varuna on January 8th, 2013.

    A potential occultation by the transneptunian object Varuna on January 8th, 2013, appeared favorable to be detected from many countries using relatively small telescopes. THIS IS NO LONGER CORRECT. SEE THE LATEST UPDATE BELOW. The latest prediction that we obtained just 3 days before the occultation is NO LONGER FAVORABLE for populated countries in the…