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Stellar Occultation by (595) Polyxena on 2023-09-25 (19:15:09 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] : 13ff0fe0-ddb4-11f0-547e-e56effdf4637 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-25 at 19:15:09 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (595) Polyxena
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0085138002837333504
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 48 51.4415, DE = +20 29 03.700  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.25 mag, RP = 11.75 mag, BP = 12.59 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.14 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 12.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 109.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 63 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3083 arcs/min @ PA = 297 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.6670 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 94° (sunlit = 82%), Sun = 136°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.0 mas = 3 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.18 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL117
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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