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Stellar Occultation by (2896) Preiss on 2020-07-31 (20:46:09 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 4b85c608-2fcf-4c14-b7ae-9ccbb9150c64 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2020-07-31 at 20:46:09 UT +/- 0.04 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2896) Preiss
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4104940934755207680
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 35 52.1813, DE = -12 36 55.290  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.83 mag, RP = 10.49 mag, BP = 14.04 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.69 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 9 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 12° (sunlit = 91%), Sun = 148°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 0 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.93 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#57

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


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