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2000-12-02 / TAC +20 00709 / (300) Geraldina

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Gary Poyner O+ VIS M400 UK 00:13:55 00:14:01 6.00 75.0
2 show Leszek Benedyktowicz O- VIS M350 PL 00:05:00 00:20:00
3 show Marcin Filipek O- VIS M165 PL 00:08:00 00:28:00
4 show Jerzy Speil O- VIS M150 PL 00:04:30 00:21:02
5 show Hazel McGee O- VIS M305 UK 00:05:00 00:18:00
6 show Ingeborg Blommers O- VIS L266 NL 00:05:00 00:20:00
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6 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#63 : 98dd63ac-b155-4191-b517-e3d981e44aff [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 98dd63ac-b155-4191-b517-e3d981e44aff [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2000-12-02 at 00:15:58 UT +/- 0.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (300) Geraldina
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0051585275941927296
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 51 53.3573, DE = +20 34 05.278  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.2 mag, RP = 10.68 mag, BP = 11.55 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.21 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 80 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 104° (sunlit = 30%), Sun = 170°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.7 mas = 8 km = 0.11 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.27 mas, dup.src = 1  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63

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

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