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2012-08-16 / 3UC 140-422758 / (2415) Ganesa

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show D. Verilhac/V. Marik O- VID M210 FR 21:52:00 22:00:00
2 show Stefano Sposetti O- VID M400 CH 21:53:12 21:54:52
3 show Simone Bolzoni O? VIS M203 IT RAD 21:51:00 21:52:56.57 21:52:57.86 21:57:00 0.3 0.2 1.29 12.4
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

3 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#54 : f262e0b2-ba46-4917-ad6b-1e27b64df5dc [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : f262e0b2-ba46-4917-ad6b-1e27b64df5dc [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2012-08-16 at 21:55:44 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2415) Ganesa
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6856987379092138112
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 52 18.2045, DE = -20 27 18.181  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.17 mag, RP = 10.39 mag, BP = 11.83 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.96 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 11 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 171° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 165°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.7 mas = 3 km = 0.28 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#54

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

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