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Stellar Occultation by (1878) Hughes on 2008-03-08 (00:46:23 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 1a730b96-3a64-446b-bbf8-65e8b1743ab7 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2008-03-08 at 00:46:23 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1878) Hughes
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3815936506712397056
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 11 01 42.0811, DE = +05 06 07.417  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.23 mag, RP = 8.76 mag, BP = 9.54 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.71 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 21 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 173° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 177°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 4.7 mas = 6 km = 0.30 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#54

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


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