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Stellar Occultation by (6997) Laomedon on 2023-12-03 (18:52:11 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] : 42ac5f50-ddb4-11f0-547e-4be94f9b2a50 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-12-03 at 18:52:11 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (6997) Laomedon
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2653967086560625152
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 22 37 32.9624, DE = -00 06 23.959  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.44 mag, RP = 12.85 mag, BP = 13.88 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.39 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 26.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 7 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2433 arcs/min @ PA = 99 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 1.7280 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : JTRO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 160° (sunlit = 64%), Sun = 90°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 2 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.91 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL63
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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