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2019-02-27 / 4UC 447-005458 / (1796) Riga

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Jan-Maarten Winkel O+ VID M310 NL GPS++ 19:46:55 19:47:49.10 19:47:52.75 19:48:55 0.65 0.65 3.65 75.9
2 show Peter Tickner O- CCD M356 UK 19:46:52 19:52:21
3 show John Talbot O- VID M303 UK 19:45:39 19:49:38
4 show Simon Kidd O- CCD M350 UK 19:46:30 19:49:00
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

4 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#64 : b95d9691-3e03-4d9d-b266-c18a43c94bcb [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : b95d9691-3e03-4d9d-b266-c18a43c94bcb [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2019-02-27 at 19:43:59 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1796) Riga
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3256740767025794176
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 00 09.1496, DE = -00 45 24.659  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.41 mag, RP = 12.72 mag, BP = 13.9 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.24 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 74 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 20.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 37%), Sun = 80°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.17 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#64

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

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