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2014-04-18 / 2UC 38779497 / (241) Germania

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Gerhard Dangl O+ VID M254 AT GPS++ 20:57:55 21:00:00.32 21:00:08.64 21:00:09 0.33 0.33 8.32 179.7
2 show Karel Halir O+ VID M507 CZ GPS++ 20:57:30 20:59:55.21 21:00:02.57 21:02:00 0.08 0.08 7.36 159.0
3 show Harrie Rutten O+ VID M356 NL GPS++ 20:58:00 20:59:38.58 20:59:46.26 21:01:00 0.16 0.16 7.68 165.9
4 show Jan-Maarten Winkel O+ VID M310 NL GPS++ 20:59:00 20:59:36.34 20:59:44.87 21:01:00 0.33 0.33 8.53 184.2
5 show Alex Pratt O+ VID M200 UK GPS++ 20:58:00 20:59:17.33 20:59:24.37 21:00:06 0.16 0.16 7.04 152.1
6 show Tim Haymes O- VID M300 UK 20:47:00 21:02:00
7 show John Talbot O- VID M303 UK 20:57:33 21:01:38
8 show Henk Bulder O- VIS M305 NL 20:58:00 21:00:30
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

8 observations found in db: euraster

Available (probably) matching predictions (click on the link to switch):
JPL#132 : 11d635d8-6f4f-446f-a658-b407b0c34b72 [db: observed]

Using prediction 11d635d8-6f4f-446f-a658-b407b0c34b72 for map and profile fit

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 Auto-Fit Result:
Size = 184 x 146 km
a',b' = 92.2, 73.0 km
X0,Y0 = -487.4, 13.1 km
Mean diameter = 164 km

From 5 chords (VID)








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Event Details 
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 11d635d8-6f4f-446f-a658-b407b0c34b72 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2014-04-18 at 20:57:22 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (241) Germania
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3366445222585978240
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 07 07.8484, DE = +19 35 03.358  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.5 mag, RP = 12.11 mag, BP = 12.74 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 7.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 169 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 21.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 86%), Sun = 77°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.94 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#132

 Object is a Gaia mass determination target !

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

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