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2021-11-11 / 4UC 616-007599 / (84522) 2002 TC302

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Matthieu Conjat O+ CCD M400 FR NTP 02:41:55 02:51:32.41 02:51:51.54 02:54:45 0.50 0.50 19.13 497.4
2 show J. Desmars et al O+ CCD M1200 FR GPS++ 02:47:18 02:51:36.05 02:51:54.55 02:57:48 0.25 0.25 18.50 481.0
3 show Pierre Le Cam O+ CCD M250 FR GPS++ 02:47:00 02:51:50.84 02:52:07.24 02:57:00 0.36 0.36 16.40 426.4
4 show Laurent Runigo O+ CCD V112 FR NTP 02:51:53.79 02:52:11.45 0.11 0.11 17.66 459.2
5 show Lionel Rousselot O+ CCD M250 FR GPS+ 02:46:51 02:51:49.79 02:52:03.09 02:56:54 0.10 0.10 13.30 345.8
6 show Jean-Louis Dumont O+ CCD M280 FR GPS+ 02:41:05 02:51:51.53 02:52:06.55 03:01:04 0.04 0.03 15.02 390.5
7 show Ferran Casarramona O- VID M200 ES 02:36:02 03:06:01
8 show Jesus Delgado O- CCD M235 ES 02:46:00 02:58:00
9 show Alvaro Fornas O- CCD M430 ES 02:38:06 03:14:59
10 show R. Iglesias et al O- CCD M400 ES 02:30:51 03:04:58
11 show O. Canales/A. Ribera O- CCD M200 ES 02:41:51 03:01:49
12 show P. Martorell/J. Prat O- VID M279 ES 02:49:00 02:54:00
13 show Faustino Garcia O- CCD M250 ES 02:48:53 02:54:51
14 show Juan Collada O- CCD M200 ES 02:51:07 02:57:03
15 show David Vizzoni O- CCD M300 IT 02:46:32 02:56:29
16 show C. Wiedemair et al O- CCD M406 IT 02:50:44 03:00:37
17 show Thomas Erzinger O- VID L180 CH 02:46:34 03:01:15
18 show J. Schenker et al O- VID M450 CH 02:48:05 02:55:27
19 show Stefan Meister O- CCD M500 CH 02:50:52 02:52:22
20 show Jean-Francois Pittet O- CCD M254 DE 02:45:01 02:57:01
21 show Manfred Simon O- CCD M203 DE 02:49:51 02:52:51
22 show A. Kreutzer et al O- CCD M500 AT 02:50:25 02:52:38
23 show Gregor Krannich O- CCD M350 DE 02:48:31 02:54:31
24 show Fernand Emering O- VID M460 LU 02:40:21 03:02:29
25 show Daniel Blazewicz O- CCD M350 PL 02:45:38 02:57:22
26 show F. Van Den Abbeel O- VID M200 BE 02:50:15 02:53:14
27 show Horia Costache O- CCD M254 DE 02:47:27 02:57:02
28 show Olivier Schreurs O- VID M254 BE 02:49:20 02:54:19
29 show Jan-Maarten Winkel O- VID M356 NL 02:50:34 02:55:34
30 show Anna Marciniak O- CCD M400 PL 02:46:26 02:54:58
31 show Sven Andersson O- CCD M355 DE 02:50:00 02:53:00
32 show Christian Weber O- CCD M254 DE 02:46:09 02:56:23
33 show Konrad Guhl O- CCD M306 DE 02:50:00 02:55:00
34 show Petri Tikkanen O- CCD V112 FI
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

34 observations found in db: euraster

Available (probably) matching predictions (click on the link to switch):
JPL#29 : 4484a6ac-788c-4646-a967-cf1d5ee69828 [db: observed]

Using prediction 4484a6ac-788c-4646-a967-cf1d5ee69828 for map and profile fit

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 Auto-Fit Result:
Size = 532 x 472 km
a',b' = 265.8, 235.8 km
X0,Y0 = -127.8, -395.3 km
Mean diameter = 501 km

From 6 chords (CCD)








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Event Details 
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 4484a6ac-788c-4646-a967-cf1d5ee69828 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2021-11-11 at 02:54:14 UT +/- 0.29 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (84522) 2002 TC302
 Orbit Class               : TNO
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0133768513079427328
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 41 17.3096, DE = +33 00 00.155  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.7 mag, RP = 10.95 mag, BP = 12.31 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.36 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 8.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 21.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 564 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 26.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 96° (sunlit = 46%), Sun = 163°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 15.0 mas = 464 km = 0.82 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#29

 Object is a "TNOs are cool" target !

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

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