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Stellar Occultation by (34999) 1978 VC3 on 2023-09-07 (19:53:28 UT)

CTU: Cross-track uncertainty (zero means: use the nominal prediction value, see event details below). Offsets and CTU all in mas.


Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 02565730-ddb4-11f0-547e-9896f7be3835 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-07 at 19:53:28 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (34999) 1978 VC3
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4096319840266205696
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 19 55.3893, DE = -18 31 30.702  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.68 mag, RP = 12.12 mag, BP = 13.04 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.56 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4117 arcs/min @ PA = 89 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.0310 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 167° (sunlit = 41%), Sun = 110°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.08 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL53
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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