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Stellar Occultation by (1533) Saimaa on 2024-08-29 (20:34:40 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] : 4fda6fe0-ddb5-11f0-547e-1b57f57f6ea9 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-29 at 20:34:40 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1533) Saimaa
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4138742537839713920
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 24 31.0316, DE = -12 48 23.465  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.59 mag, RP = 13.87 mag, BP = 15.15 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.3 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 26.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 14 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3400 arcs/min @ PA = 126 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.3190 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 16%), Sun = 104°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#77
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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