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Stellar Occultation by (56) Melete on 2016-04-20 (01:56:26 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 4f180c51-832d-4d92-97ad-7a307eba002c [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2016-04-20 at 01:56:26 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (56) Melete
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6904498376041276672
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 26 49.0033, DE = -10 11 51.468  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.99 mag, RP = 9.09 mag, BP = 10.84 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.72 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 113 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 24.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 119° (sunlit = 96%), Sun = 84°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#134

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


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