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Stellar Occultation by (2260) Neoptolemus on 2023-12-18 (02:26:36 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] : 0f648070-c341-11ef-5276-48ebcb9f7e60 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-12-18 at 02:26:36 UT +/- 0.04 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2260) Neoptolemus
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0878852086603897856
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 45 51.7961, DE = +29 24 32.001  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.37 mag, RP = 13.97 mag, BP = 14.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.46 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 71.7 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : JTRO
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 139° (sunlit = 31%), Sun = 152°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 3 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.95 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#68

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


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