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2025-04-24 / UCAC4 404-055838 / (121561) 1999 VN51

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1 show Faustino Garcia O- VID T250 ES GPS 23:37:08 23:39:09
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#46 : 80be0ad0-ddb6-11f0-547e-dd2bdcfcb76f [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 80be0ad0-ddb6-11f0-547e-dd2bdcfcb76f [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-04-24 at 23:37:13 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (121561) 1999 VN51
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3617922910750397568
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 13 32 11.1018, DE = -09 19 20.833  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.07 mag, RP = 11.62 mag, BP = 12.35 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.08 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 150° (sunlit = 12%), Sun = 170°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.3 mas = 3 km = 0.99 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.38 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#46
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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