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Stellar Occultation by (5998) Sitensky on 2023-09-17 (21:18:37 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] : 2f396df0-ddb4-11f0-547e-521cff756c0d [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-17 at 21:18:37 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (5998) Sitensky
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2563870694303713152
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 17 02.1940, DE = +04 46 21.623  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.73 mag, RP = 12.06 mag, BP = 13.24 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.5 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 8.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 8 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4083 arcs/min @ PA = 233 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.8810 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 173° (sunlit = 7%), Sun = 155°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL65
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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