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2018-03-21 / 4UC 451-053495 / (1354) Botha

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Peter Tickner O+ CCD M300 UK NTP 00:50:58 00:51:59.26 00:52:01.88 00:52:33 0.42 0.17 2.62 33.0
2 show Roland Boninsegna O- VID M406 BE 00:48:49 00:54:35
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2 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#76 : 5d66b578-a4d3-424e-aeb5-47d3fad9af76 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 5d66b578-a4d3-424e-aeb5-47d3fad9af76 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2018-03-21 at 00:50:15 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1354) Botha
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3696895234632281984
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 12 34 20.9371, DE = +00 08 14.010  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.44 mag, RP = 12.78 mag, BP = 13.94 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.25 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 49 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 144° (sunlit = 14%), Sun = 172°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.3 mas = 3 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.96 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#76

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

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