\begin{table}%t9 %\centering \par \caption{\label{table:9}Sample from prediction tables for stellar occultations by Pluto.} \par %%\centering \par { \begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} Year~ m~ d~ ~~h ~m s & RA ~~(ICRS)~~ Dec & C/A P/A ~~~~ $v$ ~~~ $D$ ~~& $R*$ ~ $J*$ ~ $H*$ ~ $K*$ & $\lambda$ ~ LST ~~ $\Delta$$e_{\alpha}$ ~ $\Delta$$e_{\delta}$ pm ct fg ~~ $E_{\alpha}$ ~ $E_{\delta}$ ~ $\mu_{\alpha}$ $\mu_{\delta}$ \\ & h ~m ~~~s ~~~~~~~$^{\circ}$ ~~~$\arcmin$ ~~~~~$\arcsec$ & mas ~ $^{\circ}$ ~~~~~ km s$^{-1}$ AU~ & & ~ $^{\circ}$ ~ h:m ~~ mas ~~ mas ~~~~~~~~ ~~~ mas mas mas mas \\ \hline 2008 06 22 ~19 10 11 & 17 58 33.0155 --17 02 38.344 & 185 176.12 ~--23.80~ 30.47 & 12.9 11.7 11.6 11.4 & 071 23:53 +00.0 +74.5 ok uc \hfil{~}0 ~~ 40 ~ 14 $-$03 $-$04 \\ 2008 06 24 ~10 36 55 & 17 58 22.3931 --17 02 49.335 & 168 355.86 ~--23.74~ 30.47 & 16.3 12.8 11.9 11.7 & 197 23:46 +00.0 +74.6 ok 2m 0 ~~ 24 ~ 21 $+$00 $+$01 \\ 2008 08 25 ~04 34 51 & 17 53 27.1046 --17 15 27.526 & 169 328.87 ~--08.39~ 31.06 & 14.9 11.1 10.1 09.8 & 226 19:38 +00.0 +79.8 ok 2m 0 ~~ 58 ~ 12 $-$07 $-$12 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot {Prediction tables list event date and instant (UTC), the ICRS (J2000) star coordinates at occultation, the closest apparent distance between star and body (C/A), the position angle~(P/A) of the shadow across the Earth (counter-clockwise, zero at South), the velocity in km~s$^{-1}$, the distance~($D$) to the Earth~(AU), $R*$, $J*$, $H*$ and $K*$~star magnitudes normalized to a reference shadow velocity~($v$) of 20~km~s$^{-1}$, longitude~($\lambda$) of the sub-solar point, local solar time (LST), ($\Delta$$e_{\alpha}$, $\Delta$$e_{\delta}$) ephemeris offset correction to the DE418 and plu017 ephemerides in (RA,~Dec) for the central instant (see Sect.~6), catalog cross-identification (uc~= UCAC2, 2m~= 2MASS, fs~= field star), proper motion existence and multiplicity flags (see Sect.~4.4), estimated star catalog position errors~($E_{\alpha}$,~$E_{\delta}$) and proper motions~($\mu_{\alpha}$,~$\mu_{\delta}$). Positive/negative~$v$ means prograde/retrograde velocities respectively, that~is, Pluto$^\prime$s geocentric right ascension is increasing/decreasing respectively. The complete table set of 2008$-$2015 predictions for Pluto, Charon, Hydra and Nix is available in electronic form at the CDS.} \end{table}