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Stellar Occultation by (490) Veritas on 2016-12-16 (20:32:09 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 215b97a5-c857-4275-85b4-5d2377560fe3 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2016-12-16 at 20:32:09 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (490) Veritas
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3291290823985504384
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 55 36.9441, DE = +09 09 07.474  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.68 mag, RP = 13.1 mag, BP = 14.07 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.14 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 9.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 116 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.1 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 51° (sunlit = 89%), Sun = 162°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#62

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


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