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Stellar Occultation by (976) Benjamina on 2026-06-29 (21:52:04 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] : 403c27c0-33d9-11f1-6999-8530bdfde153 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-06-29 at 21:52:04 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (976) Benjamina
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4100954517910649472
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 55 55.6415, DE = -15 34 21.040  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.64 mag, RP = 13.57 mag, BP = 15.8 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.77 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 80.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 54 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4900 arcs/min @ PA = 274 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.2480 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 13° (sunlit = 100%), Sun = 171°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 2 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL109
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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