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Stellar Occultation by (308) Polyxo on 2024-09-05 (22:13:34 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] : 42bc88c0-8573-11ef-78cd-62d55f8ab812 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-05 at 22:13:34 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (308) Polyxo
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4123179805435198592
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 37 52.6994, DE = -18 24 11.338  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.6 mag, RP = 11.77 mag, BP = 13.32 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.05 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 11.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 141 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 70° (sunlit = 7%), Sun = 101°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.86 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#120

 Object is a <Gaia mass determination> target !

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


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