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2024-01-04 / UCAC4 545-010526 / (2138) Swissair

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1 show Stefano Sposetti O- VID M420 CH GPS 23:31:00 23:37:00
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#63 : 754e38e0-1365-11ef-67cb-4958feef56a6 [db: asteroids]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 754e38e0-1365-11ef-67cb-4958feef56a6 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-01-04 at 23:37:51 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2138) Swissair
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3409696784503105152
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 42 57.4031, DE = +18 50 49.954  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.84 mag, RP = 12.08 mag, BP = 13.45 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.1 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 16 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.3 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 131° (sunlit = 42%), Sun = 148°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 1  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63

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

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