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Stellar Occultation by (590) Tomyris on 2008-10-20 (03:31:34 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 05a16c40-4e20-4a2f-9895-a7f489142d45 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2008-10-20 at 03:31:34 UT +/- 0.09 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (590) Tomyris
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3348575207995261312
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 02 40.2308, DE = +15 20 38.784  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.05 mag, RP = 20.11 mag, BP = 20.51 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.98 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 11.0 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 40 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 14° (sunlit = 65%), Sun = 116°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.9 mas = 9 km = 0.23 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63

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


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