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Stellar Occultation by (66) Maja on 2024-02-14 (19:37:22 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] : 5764f000-c344-11ef-5276-46533dcf906f [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-02-14 at 19:37:22 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (66) Maja
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0678139709286872960
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 08 24 27.9364, DE = +23 28 04.989  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.86 mag, RP = 12.43 mag, BP = 13.13 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.04 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 8.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 72.8 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 90° (sunlit = 31%), Sun = 157°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#78

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


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