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Stellar Occultation by (188) Menippe on 2025-03-04 (03:24:39 UT)

Stellar Occultation by (188) Menippe on 2025-03-04 (03:24:39 UT)https://astro.kretlow.de/cora/occultations/5c1f6020-8551-11ef-78cd-d4faaff79db5

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] : 5c1f6020-8551-11ef-78cd-d4faaff79db5 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-03-04 at 03:24:39 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (188) Menippe
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4113305400750215040
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 16 54 46.1798, DE = -24 25 33.012  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.28 mag, RP = 12.48 mag, BP = 13.97 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.36 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.0 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 38.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 19.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 145° (sunlit = 22%), Sun = 89°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#95

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


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Occ by (188) Menippe on 2025-03-04
Star = 13.28 G, Drop = 1.42 mag, Dur = 1.95 sec
RA = 16 54 46.1798, DE = -24 25 33.012 (t0)
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