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Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 04

Table 6 - Topocentric Data and Path Corrections Due to Lunar Limb Profile

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                                                                    North      South
          Moon    Moon   Moon    Topo                      North    Limit      Limit    Central 
Universal Topo    Topo    Rel.   Lib.  Sun    Sun   Path   Limit  ---------- ----------  Durat.
  Time    H.P.    S.D.   Ang.V   Long  Alt.    Az.   Az.    P.A.   Int. Ext.  Int. Ext.   Cor.
           "       "      "/s     °      °      °      °      °     ´    ´     ´    ´      s  

 05:55   3622.0   986.4  0.545   4.54  16.3  110.2  119.5   24.6   0.2  1.4   0.1 -2.3  -0.3

 06:00   3629.7   988.5  0.518   4.50  23.8  108.4  122.5   25.5   0.3  1.0   0.3 -2.3  -0.2
 06:05   3635.3   990.0  0.498   4.46  29.5  106.6  124.5   26.0   0.3  0.6   0.3 -2.6  -0.2
 06:10   3639.8   991.2  0.482   4.41  34.3  104.6  126.0   26.4   0.3  0.8   0.3 -2.7  -0.2
 06:15   3643.5   992.2  0.468   4.37  38.5  102.4  127.0   26.6   0.3  0.9   0.3 -2.8  -0.1
 06:20   3646.7   993.0  0.457   4.33  42.4  100.0  127.7   26.7   0.3  0.9   0.3 -2.8  -0.1
 06:25   3649.4   993.8  0.446   4.29  45.9   97.5  128.1   26.8   0.3  0.9   0.3 -2.8  -0.6
 06:30   3651.8   994.4  0.437   4.24  49.2   94.7  128.3   26.7   0.3  0.9   0.3 -2.8  -0.6
 06:35   3653.9   995.0  0.429   4.20  52.2   91.5  128.2   26.6   0.3  0.9   0.2 -2.8  -0.6
 06:40   3655.7   995.5  0.421   4.16  55.1   88.1  127.9   26.4   0.3  0.8   0.2 -2.7  -0.6
 06:45   3657.3   995.9  0.415   4.12  57.8   84.2  127.4   26.2   0.3  0.7   0.2 -2.6  -0.6
 06:50   3658.7   996.3  0.409   4.08  60.4   79.9  126.6   25.9   0.3  0.7   0.1 -2.4  -1.1
 06:55   3659.8   996.6  0.403   4.03  62.7   75.0  125.8   25.5   0.3  0.9   0.1 -2.1  -1.1

 07:00   3660.8   996.8  0.399   3.99  64.9   69.4  124.7   25.1   0.3  1.2   0.1 -2.2  -1.1
 07:05   3661.6   997.0  0.395   3.95  66.9   63.1  123.5   24.6   0.3  1.3   0.0 -2.2  -1.1
 07:10   3662.3   997.2  0.391   3.91  68.6   55.9  122.1   24.1   0.3  1.4   0.0 -2.1  -1.1
 07:15   3662.7   997.3  0.389   3.87  70.1   47.7  120.5   23.5   0.3  1.5  -0.1 -1.9  -1.1
 07:20   3663.1   997.4  0.386   3.82  71.2   38.7  118.9   22.9   0.3  1.4  -0.1 -2.0  -1.1
 07:25   3663.2   997.5  0.385   3.78  71.9   28.8  117.0   22.3   0.3  1.2  -0.2 -2.6  -1.0
 07:30   3663.2   997.5  0.383   3.74  72.2   18.3  115.1   21.6   0.4  1.0  -0.2 -3.1  -0.9
 07:35   3663.1   997.4  0.383   3.70  72.1    7.8  113.0   20.9   0.3  1.1  -0.3 -3.4  -0.8
 07:40   3662.8   997.3  0.383   3.65  71.5  357.4  110.8   20.1   0.4  1.2  -0.4 -3.6  -1.0
 07:45   3662.3   997.2  0.384   3.61  70.6  347.7  108.5   19.4   0.4  1.0  -0.4 -3.6  -1.1
 07:50   3661.7   997.1  0.385   3.57  69.3  338.7  106.1   18.6   0.4  0.9  -0.4 -3.4  -1.1
 07:55   3660.9   996.8  0.387   3.52  67.6  330.5  103.6   17.7   0.4  0.8  -0.4 -3.5  -1.2

 08:00   3660.0   996.6  0.390   3.48  65.8  323.0  101.1   16.9   0.5  1.1  -0.1 -3.5  -1.4
 08:05   3658.8   996.3  0.393   3.44  63.7  316.3   98.4   16.0   0.5  1.1   0.0 -3.2  -1.4
 08:10   3657.5   995.9  0.397   3.40  61.4  310.1   95.8   15.2   0.4  1.0   0.1 -2.8  -1.4
 08:15   3656.1   995.5  0.402   3.36  58.9  304.3   93.0   14.3   0.3  1.2   0.2 -2.4  -1.3
 08:20   3654.4   995.1  0.407   3.31  56.3  299.0   90.3   13.4   0.3  1.3   0.3 -2.6  -1.3
 08:25   3652.4   994.6  0.414   3.27  53.5  293.9   87.5   12.5   0.2  1.2   0.3 -2.5  -1.5
 08:30   3650.3   994.0  0.421   3.23  50.5  289.1   84.7   11.6   0.1  1.1   0.4 -2.2  -1.4
 08:35   3647.8   993.3  0.430   3.19  47.4  284.5   81.9   10.8   0.1  0.9   0.4 -2.2  -1.3
 08:40   3645.0   992.6  0.440   3.14  43.9  279.9   79.2    9.9   0.0  0.6   0.5 -2.5  -1.2
 08:45   3641.8   991.7  0.451   3.10  40.3  275.5   76.5    9.0   0.0  0.8   0.5 -2.7  -1.0
 08:50   3638.2   990.7  0.465   3.06  36.2  271.0   73.9    8.2  -0.0  0.8   0.6 -2.6  -0.9
 08:55   3633.9   989.6  0.480   3.02  31.7  266.5   71.4    7.3  -0.0  0.8   0.6 -2.3  -0.8

 09:00   3628.7   988.2  0.499   2.98  26.5  261.8   69.0    6.5  -0.1  0.7   0.6 -2.3  -0.8
 09:05   3622.0   986.3  0.524   2.93  20.0  256.6   66.8    5.7  -0.1  0.8   0.7 -2.4  -0.8
 09:10   3611.4   983.4  0.564   2.89  10.1  250.0   64.9    4.8  -0.3  0.6   0.7 -2.3  -0.9



Table adapted from NASA TP 1999-209484 "Total Solar Eclipse of 2002 December 04".

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Last revised: 2001 Sep 04 - F. Espenak