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2019-03-31 / 4UC 475-051755 / (259) Aletheia

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show W. Burzynski et al O+ VID M300 PL GPS++ 21:44:00 21:45:22.02 21:45:38.57 21:46:09 0.09 0.06 16.55 177.1
2 show Anna Marciniak O- CCD M400 PL 21:30:29 21:59:14
3 show Tomasz Kluwak O- CCD M279 PL 21:40:46 21:50:58
4 show Christian Weber O- VID M203 DE 21:43:13 21:47:31
5 show Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz O- CCD M200 PL 21:34:04 21:58:06
6 show Maciej Czepita O- VID M152 PL 21:44:02 21:48:14
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

6 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#134 : d257b311-dbbd-4fa0-b32a-5a27f247e509 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : d257b311-dbbd-4fa0-b32a-5a27f247e509 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2019-03-31 at 21:39:53 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (259) Aletheia
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3714032532099594880
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 13 49 32.8309, DE = +04 57 09.844  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.2 mag, RP = 10.45 mag, BP = 11.83 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.1 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 16.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 179 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 118° (sunlit = 17%), Sun = 160°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.3 mas = 7 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.25 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#134

 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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