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2023-04-04 / UCAC4 351-138072 / (2066) Palala

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1 show Antoni Selva O- VID M500 ES GPS 03:17:04 03:21:03
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#77 : 81ada250-ddb3-11f0-547e-d81ffd75a0d2 [db: observed]
JPL#77 : 81adc960-ddb3-11f0-547e-ca8c2ebbbe97 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 81adc960-ddb3-11f0-547e-ca8c2ebbbe97 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-04-04 at 03:21:31 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2066) Palala
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4092715675508783744
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 29 28.7423, DE = -19 51 27.454  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.43 mag, RP = 13.28 mag, BP = 15.85 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.99 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 21.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 106° (sunlit = 96%), Sun = 97°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.2 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.92 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#77
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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