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2025-12-10 / UCAC4 652-012872 / (73972) 1998 BA18

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Michael OConnell O- VID M350 ES NTP 20:38:39 :: :: 20:40:39
2 show Manuel Alfonso Coya Lozano, Juan Collada Barcena O- CCD M356 ES GPS 20:38:25 :: :: 20:40:25
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#53 : d57d3940-ddb8-11f0-547e-dfa0ffffd5e9 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : d57d3940-ddb8-11f0-547e-dfa0ffffd5e9 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-12-10 at 20:37:43 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (73972) 1998 BA18
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0239056440883593472
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 07 31.6731, DE = +40 12 41.266  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.44 mag, RP = 13.69 mag, BP = 15.06 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.8 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.9 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 100° (sunlit = 60%), Sun = 149°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.20 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#53
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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