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2023-11-11 / UCAC4 544-034880 / (53436) 1999 VB154

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Peter Tickner O- VID M356 GB GPS 22:48:22 22:52:23
2 show John Talbot O- VID M303 GB GPS 23:48:25 23:52:24
3 show Tim Haymes O- VID M280 GB GPS 23:49:00 23:52:00
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3 observations found in db: sodis

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JPL#49 : c1d316af-3405-4c25-bd97-d038aa76f461 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : c1d316af-3405-4c25-bd97-d038aa76f461 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-11-11 at 23:37:43 UT +/- 0.2 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (53436) 1999 VB154
 Orbit Class               : JTRO
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3365356985250604800
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 51 57.0933, DE = +18 44 01.844  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.92 mag, RP = 11.69 mag, BP = 12.05 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.8 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 17 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.3 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 110° (sunlit = 2%), Sun = 127°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.3 mas = 16 km = 0.97 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.11 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#49

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

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