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2021-01-12 / 4UC 638-039963 / (1242) Zambesia

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show J.J. Castellani O+ VID M400 FR GPS++ 04:46:56 04:47:00.28 04:47:04.44 04:47:12 0.16 0.32 4.16 43.3
2 show Carles Schnabel O- CCD M400 ES 04:44:32 04:48:45
3 show Antoni Selva O- VID M500 ES 04:44:45 04:48:43
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

Available (probably) matching predictions (click on the link to switch):
JPL#57 : 2bbd9865-d250-42a6-a1e2-86c8cd2146b4 [db: observed]
JPL#57 : 46e5b9cf-612f-4fdc-ac35-08a1a198d504 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 2bbd9865-d250-42a6-a1e2-86c8cd2146b4 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2021-01-12 at 04:54:42 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1242) Zambesia
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0946337876932899584
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 12 13.4874, DE = +37 27 20.375  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.08 mag, RP = 13.59 mag, BP = 14.4 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.82 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 48 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.4 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 166° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 163°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.0 mas = 2 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#57

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

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