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2024-08-10 / UCAC4 387-083311 / (40709) 1999 RW242

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Zdenek Sikac O- VID T150 CZ NTP 22:46:01 22:50:00
2 show Jiri Polak O- VID M300 CZ GPS 22:46:10 22:50:10
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

2 observations found in db: sodis

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JPL#55 : 372758f0-ddb5-11f0-547e-2141ff5642a1 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 372758f0-ddb5-11f0-547e-2141ff5642a1 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-10 at 23:01:56 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (40709) 1999 RW242
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4161934566664642176
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 45 00.1446, DE = -12 41 50.249  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.18 mag, RP = 11.29 mag, BP = 13.0 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.11 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.2 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.4 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 57° (sunlit = 34%), Sun = 127°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.13 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 3.41 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#55
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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