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2025-07-20 / UCAC4 332-175543 / (551) Ortrud

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1 show Alfonso Noschese O- VID M300 IT GPS 23:07:12 :: :: 23:09:10
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

1 observation found in db: sodis

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JPL#74 : 87365b70-85eb-11ef-78cd-456ab16f562f [db: asteroids]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 87365b70-85eb-11ef-78cd-456ab16f562f [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-07-20 at 23:10:56 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (551) Ortrud
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4076861778604888192
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 39 43.8354, DE = -23 41 00.450  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.63 mag, RP = 13.63 mag, BP = 15.66 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.65 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 78.5 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.3 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 18%), Sun = 161°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.85 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#74

 Object is a Gaia mass determination target !
[1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

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