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1998-02-14 / TAC +20 00481 / (790) Pretoria

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Udo Borcheld O+ DE 20:15:00 20:28:34.4 20:28:40.7 6.30 136.1
2 show Stephen Brincat O- VIS M250 MT 20:13:45 20:35:00
3 show Jose-Maria Fernandez O- VIS M200 ES 20:02:00 20:26:00
4 show Olivier Gadal O- M200 FR
5 show Isabelle Guyot O- CCD M410 FR
6 show Alberto Sicilia O- VIS M114 ES 20:15:00 20:35:00
7 show Regis Neel O- VIS M310 FR 20:11:00 20:41:00
8 show Sergio Foglia O- VIS M114 IT 20:15:00 20:41:00
9 show Gert Holler O- VIS L110 AT 20:20:21 20:42:52
10 show Klaus Holler O- VIS M400 AT 20:16:20 20:39:24
11 show Christophe Ratinaud O- VIS M305 FR 20:11:17 20:41:39
12 show Mike Kohl O- VIS M150 CH 20:12:30 20:36:01
13 show Harald Marx O- VIS M350 DE 20:18:02 20:39:56
14 show Otto Farago O- VID L178 DE 20:16:00 20:43:00
15 show Gilles Regheere O- VIS M200 FR 20:15:00 20:40:00
16 show Paul Gerard O- VIS M130 BE 20:13:00 20:41:00
17 show Patrick Degrelle O- VIS M153 FR 20:10:10 20:42:49
18 show Bertrand Thooris O- VIS M406 BE 20:09:13 20:36:45
19 show F.R. Van Loo O- VIS M250 BE 20:11:00 20:40:00
20 show Jan Van Gestel O- VIS M200 BE 20:12:40 20:41:30
21 show Hans Van Den Hil O- VIS M115 NL
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21 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#100 : 3492d886-a23c-46bc-b20b-63b1b2b3b986 [db: observed]

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Event Details 
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 3492d886-a23c-46bc-b20b-63b1b2b3b986 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 1998-02-14 at 20:25:54 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (790) Pretoria
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0087952756900029568
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 37 39.2470, DE = +20 29 04.925  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.7 mag, RP = 9.27 mag, BP = 9.97 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.61 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 7.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 170 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 21.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 140° (sunlit = 90%), Sun = 78°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.1 mas = 2 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#100

 
 [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

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