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Stellar Occultation by (588) Achilles on 2021-12-08 (20:04:50 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 52957b7b-7820-4520-96de-796962a5aafb [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2021-12-08 at 20:04:50 UT +/- 0.21 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (588) Achilles
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2787522393164847488
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 14 16.0398, DE = +20 35 58.328  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.37 mag, RP = 14.79 mag, BP = 15.77 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.29 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 22.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 136 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : JTRO
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.1 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 68° (sunlit = 27%), Sun = 127°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 6.3 mas = 18 km = 0.14 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#104

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


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