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2023-03-28 / TYC 4997-00240-1 / (132663) 2002 MD2

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1 show Stefano Sposetti O- VID M280 CH GPS 02:27:42 02:28:53
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

1 observation found in db: sodis

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JPL#39 : 8056c4e0-ddb3-11f0-547e-c70aa74e7acc [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 8056c4e0-ddb3-11f0-547e-c70aa74e7acc [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-03-28 at 02:24:16 UT +/- 0.09 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (132663) 2002 MD2
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6330895804211862144
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 14 41 23.7190, DE = -06 28 18.598  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.68 mag, RP = 9.38 mag, BP = 9.85 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.01 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 10.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 132° (sunlit = 41%), Sun = 146°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 18.0 mas = 30 km = 8.86 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.42 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#39
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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