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Stellar Occultation by (2972) Niilo on 2024-09-06 (22:00:37 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] : 558fec80-ddb5-11f0-547e-09d3ffde8623 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-06 at 22:00:37 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2972) Niilo
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6843076770293227904
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 21 30 54.4580, DE = -12 46 22.793  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.32 mag, RP = 13.64 mag, BP = 14.84 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.23 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 11 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3700 arcs/min @ PA = 244 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 10.7030 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 115° (sunlit = 13%), Sun = 156°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL68
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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