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2025-07-12 / UCAC4 478-133911 / (3578) Carestia

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Alex Pratt O+ VID M280 GB GPS 22:26:59 22:27:27.73 22:27:31.33 22:28:02 0.050 0.050 3.60 39.2
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 : 4ac01920-895a-11ef-78cd-9d713fbf214a [db: asteroids]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 4ac01920-895a-11ef-78cd-9d713fbf214a [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-07-12 at 22:18:24 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3578) Carestia
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2697019460779038976
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 21 51 54.3846, DE = +05 32 59.830  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.59 mag, RP = 11.87 mag, BP = 13.17 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.7 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 5.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 62.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 26° (sunlit = 95%), Sun = 136°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 2 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.16 mas, dup.src = 0  (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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