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2025-09-24 / UCAC4 329-150887 / (58500) 1996 VU1

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Antoni Selva, Joan Miquel Gonzalez O+ VID M500 ES GPS 19:15:56 19:17:00.72 19:17:01.00 19:17:56 0.020 0.020 0.28 4.1
2 show Matthieu Conjat O- VID T400 FR GPS 19:16:25 :: :: 19:17:50
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#34 : 731592c0-ddb8-11f0-547e-607deffbbd41 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 731592c0-ddb8-11f0-547e-607deffbbd41 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-24 at 19:14:36 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (58500) 1996 VU1
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4077281895125083776
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 26 20.3004, DE = -24 20 11.019  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.26 mag, RP = 11.45 mag, BP = 12.97 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.51 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 8.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.2 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 61° (sunlit = 8%), Sun = 94°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 2 km = 0.76 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.71 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#34
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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