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Stellar Occultation by (3540) Protesilaos on 2024-06-05 (21:35:40 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] : 0847d6d0-1436-11ef-67cb-4d6bff8b32ba [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-06-05 at 21:35:40 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3540) Protesilaos
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0924583627060454144
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 37 05.7428, DE = +41 46 45.355  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.42 mag, RP = 10.9 mag, BP = 11.77 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.02 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 44.8 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : JTRO
 Speed of the shadow       : 38.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 43° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 38°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 5 km = 0.11 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#97

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


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