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Stellar Occultation by (676) Melitta on 2023-06-15 (00:39:28 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] : 1d4f7e8a-7812-46bc-b496-8ea0c8ffadaf [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-06-15 at 00:39:28 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (676) Melitta
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4252791576149645440
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 41 44.1358, DE = -06 51 30.972  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.3 mag, RP = 14.47 mag, BP = 15.9 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.93 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 8.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 80.0 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 124° (sunlit = 10%), Sun = 157°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.11 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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