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Stellar Occultation by (41042) 1999 VB2 on 2017-11-22 (03:23:41 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 09ee1e2f-2c9c-4b3e-9af5-f3917456c0a6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2017-11-22 at 03:23:41 UT +/- 0.04 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (41042) 1999 VB2
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3373046522899126784
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 30 12.2164, DE = +21 12 14.453  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.78 mag, RP = 11.66 mag, BP = 11.84 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.34 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 9 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 177° (sunlit = 12%), Sun = 143°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 4.3 mas = 6 km = 0.68 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.92 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#37

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


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