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Stellar Occultation by (4050) Mebailey on 2021-09-24 (23:31:05 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 4d5ecacf-bb3d-4079-973b-0ff3d862d930 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2021-09-24 at 23:31:05 UT +/- 0.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4050) Mebailey
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6843365460814843392
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 21 47 43.7684, DE = -13 42 59.319  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.43 mag, RP = 11.98 mag, BP = 12.72 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.44 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 9 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 83° (sunlit = 85%), Sun = 142°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.7 mas = 5 km = 0.60 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#51

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


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