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2021-09-07 / 4UC 580-128470 / (12743) 1992 PL2

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show William Stewart O+ VID M279 UK GPS++ 20:02:16 20:03:13.80 20:03:14.76 20:04:14 0.16 0.16 0.96 13.2
2 show Alex Pratt O- VID M279 UK 20:02:22 20:03:43
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2 observations found in db: euraster

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JPL#43 : 8e17ca0d-f33d-41ca-9787-9c75ea14dcf1 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 8e17ca0d-f33d-41ca-9787-9c75ea14dcf1 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2021-09-07 at 19:58:52 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (12743) 1992 PL2
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2864462883983745792
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 23 39 48.7476, DE = +25 49 13.841  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.0 mag, RP = 13.27 mag, BP = 14.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.56 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 12 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 147°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 6.7 mas = 12 km = 1.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.16 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#43

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

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