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Stellar Occultation by (1349) Bechuana on 2023-10-04 (17:45:30 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] : 1c6072a0-ddb4-11f0-547e-28a3f2bf389c [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-10-04 at 17:45:30 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1349) Bechuana
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4076696581360273408
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 34 04.7416, DE = -24 33 58.310  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.26 mag, RP = 12.2 mag, BP = 14.43 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.82 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 20.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 25.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 14 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6817 arcs/min @ PA = 76 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.4870 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 162° (sunlit = 68%), Sun = 86°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.89 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL82
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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