PECULIARITIES OF MUTUAL OCCULTATIONS AND ECLIPSES IN THE SYSTEM OF SATURNS SATELLITES

The problems of calculating ephemerides data for photometric observati ons of the 1995 - 1996 mutual occultations and eclipses in the system of Saturn's satellites are considered. Previously published ephemeride s of these events prove to be insufficient for planning observations. Simple formulas are given to determine the decline in the total lumino sity of the pair of satellites during occultation or eclipse from the ephemerides data published hitherto. It is shown that some of the pred icted mutual events in the Saturn's satellite system exhibit peculiari ties that make the ordinary methods of astrometrical interpretation of photometric data inapplicable.