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Stellar Occultation by (43927) 1996 GN4 on 2024-08-22 (20:57:47 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] : 3b98b460-c353-11ef-5276-1617eafd9901 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-22 at 20:57:47 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (43927) 1996 GN4
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2654646614811297920
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 22 39 19.2491, DE = +01 10 32.787  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.49 mag, RP = 10.9 mag, BP = 11.91 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.43 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.5 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.3 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 33° (sunlit = 87%), Sun = 165°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.0 mas = 1 km = 0.48 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.82 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#40

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


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