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Stellar Occultation by (790) Pretoria on 1998-02-14 (20:25:54 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 3492d886-a23c-46bc-b20b-63b1b2b3b986 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 1998-02-14 at 20:25:54 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (790) Pretoria
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0087952756900029568
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 37 39.2470, DE = +20 29 04.925  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.7 mag, RP = 9.27 mag, BP = 9.97 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.61 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 7.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 170 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 21.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 140° (sunlit = 90%), Sun = 78°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.1 mas = 2 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#100

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


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