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2025-12-06 / UCAC4 561-029162 / (133019) 2002 VJ56

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1 show Deborah Smith O- VID M300 ES GPS 03:54:22 :: :: 03:56:22
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#41 : cedcc060-ddb8-11f0-547e-639fbfff2eed [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : cedcc060-ddb8-11f0-547e-639fbfff2eed [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-12-06 at 03:58:34 UT +/- 0.07 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (133019) 2002 VJ56
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3376403709855321344
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 24 45.6902, DE = +22 11 02.130  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.42 mag, RP = 12.59 mag, BP = 14.15 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.56 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.7 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 7° (sunlit = 98%), Sun = 159°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 20.0 mas = 32 km = 8.71 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#41
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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