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Stellar Occultation by (676) Melitta on 2023-09-07 (20:20:22 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] : 13216858-b1a9-40b9-8f62-bae2ea3d437b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-07 at 20:20:22 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (676) Melitta
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4147333056542943744
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 10 20.9777, DE = -13 55 03.035  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.39 mag, RP = 13.7 mag, BP = 14.92 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.71 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 7.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 80.0 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 164° (sunlit = 41%), Sun = 107°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.4 mas = 2 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.32 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#66

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


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