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2026-09-27 / UCAC4 565-021322 / (14987) 1997 UT3

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Piotr Walczak O+ VID M130 PL GPS 23:01:12 23:02:12.9 23:02:14.06 23:03:12 0.200 0.130 1.16 17.1
2 show Stefan Meister O- VID M200 CH GPS 23:01:20 :: :: 23:02:05
3 show Jiri Kubanek O- VID M303 CZ GPS 23:00:57 :: :: 23:02:58
4 show Marek Zawilski, Mieczyslaw Borkowski O- VID M200 PL GPS 23:01:01 :: :: 23:03:25
5 show Daniel Antuszewicz O- VID M300 PL NTP 23:01:21 :: :: 23:03:18
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5 observations found in db: sodis

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JPL61 : 5ac98b80-d9b2-11f1-43f3-eac87cfd6225 [db: observed]

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Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and DB] : 5ac98b80-d9b2-11f1-43f3-eac87cfd6225 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-09-27 at 23:06:39 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (14987) 1997 UT3
 Orbit Class               : MBA
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3424726760560816640
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 56 55.5221, DE = +22 59 59.079  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.41 mag, RP = 11.39 mag, BP = 13.49 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.12 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 68° (sunlit = 98%), Sun = 96°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.05 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL61
 Note                      : FP:true

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

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