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2025-12-30 / UCAC4 474-004576 / (278603) 2008 PQ6

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Antoni Selva, Carlos Perello O- VID M500 ES GPS 23:02:04 :: :: 23:04:04
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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JPL34 : 1d6abea0-d997-11f1-43f3-f5e6d797092b [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 1d6abea0-d997-11f1-43f3-f5e6d797092b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-12-30 at 22:56:42 UT +/- 0.18 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (278603) 2008 PQ6
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0002985796840276224
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 19 59.8154, DE = +04 38 51.172  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.84 mag, RP = 10.1 mag, BP = 11.43 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 21.12 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 10.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 1.30 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.1 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 18° (sunlit = 83%), Sun = 128°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 16.3 mas = 19 km = 15.09 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.19 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL34
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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