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Stellar Occultation by (49) Pales on 2025-08-15 (22:01:34 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] : 43988cb0-ddb7-11f0-547e-582af1d788c5 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-08-15 at 22:01:34 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (49) Pales
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6872890165523028352
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 12 45.4577, DE = -17 58 55.250  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.77 mag, RP = 13.24 mag, BP = 14.13 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.34 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 14.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 149.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 104 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4400 arcs/min @ PA = 261 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4460 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 108° (sunlit = 53%), Sun = 158°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 2 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.91 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#126
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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