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2021-02-18 / 4UC 484-021613 / (130) Elektra

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Miguel Sanchez O+ CCD M200 ES NTP 22:25:11 22:35:15.69 22:35:28.78 22:45:05 0.16 0.16 13.09 150.5
2 show Jean-Louis Dumont O+ CCD M280 FR GPS+ 22:35:46 22:36:37.66 22:36:50.94 22:39:46 0.10 0.10 13.28 152.7
3 show Bruno Guillet O+ CCD V112 FR NTP 22:35:53 22:36:51.63 22:37:02.10 22:39:59 0.95 0.95 10.47 120.4
4 show Stephane Razemon O+ CCD M203 FR RAD++ 22:32:06 22:37:01.76 22:37:14.23 22:39:09 0.20 0.20 12.47 143.4
5 show Mike Rushton O+ CCD V112 UK NTP 22:34:01 22:37:05.85 22:37:15.12 22:39:59 0.33 0.33 9.27 106.6
6 show Olivier Schreurs O- VID M280 BE 22:36:03 22:38:14
7 show Philip Denyer O- VID M235 UK 22:34:54 22:38:57
8 show Simon Kidd O- CCD M350 UK 22:33:00 22:40:15
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#137 : a8dfacc8-6b28-4166-aac9-ceac4b6b56b7 [db: observed]
JPL#137 : 679d0fb0-7262-4f27-aae6-5a1da52bab21 [db: observed]
JPL#137 : 670e8a6e-2eef-4112-af00-be60d0fbd070 [db: observed]
JPL#137 : 42383981-c565-4d1f-89b7-7a9bab6ac0a1 [db: observed]
JPL#137 : 73fc6600-e0d9-4c56-bd20-3bd16a2e7bfd [db: observed]
JPL#137 : f7d99573-73b7-4e8e-85d8-fbdc5acfafc8 [db: observed]

Using prediction a8dfacc8-6b28-4166-aac9-ceac4b6b56b7 for map and profile fit

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Ellipse and circular profile fits to the timings (chords)

Auto-Fit Result:
Size = 435 x 148 km
a',b' = 217.5, 74.0 km
X0,Y0 = -2512.4, 23.2 km
Mean diameter = 254 km

From 5 chords (CCD)








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Sky projection (artificial light) for occ. time: 2021-02-18, 22:34 UT (JD = 2459264.440)

DAMITQP (h)λ, βJD0JD-JD0φ0VersionModifiedVol-equiv DCmnt
# 160None5.225 64°, -88° 2.4449147568e614349.70.0° size from AO is 185+/-20 km2013-07-23 191.0 +/- 14.0 km 2011-03-28
# 18564.05.225 64°, -90° 2.4449147568e614349.70.0° None2017-09-21 199.0 +/- 7.0 km 2017-09-20
Q: model quality flag (0-5, 5=highest) | P: rotation period | λ,β: ecl. lon. and lat. of spin axis (J2000) | JD: initial time (epoch) | φ0: initial rotation angle for JD0

   
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Map with groundtrack and observer stations

Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : a8dfacc8-6b28-4166-aac9-ceac4b6b56b7 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2021-02-18 at 22:30:46 UT +/- 0.28 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (130) Elektra
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3324504901302324096
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 25 39.5439, DE = +06 45 50.730  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.93 mag, RP = 11.11 mag, BP = 12.63 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.49 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 15.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 182 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 47° (sunlit = 42%), Sun = 124°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 2 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#137

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

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