The Anticipated Supernova Associated with GRB090618
  We use the cannonball model of gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and public data from
the first day of observations of GRB 090618 to predict its X-ray and optical
lightcurves until very late times, and, in particular, the emergence of a
photometric and spectroscopic signature of an SN akin to SN1998bw in its
optical afterglow with an anticipated peak brightness of magnitude 23 in the R
band around July 10, 2009, if extinction in the host galaxy can be neglected.
