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Stellar Occultation by (1030) Vitja on 2024-09-20 (19:49:36 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] : 6aeb4cf0-ddb5-11f0-547e-2eda6ba9ef6e [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-20 at 19:49:36 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1030) Vitja
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4208916599735684608
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 37 49.8146, DE = -06 15 58.415  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.58 mag, RP = 13.98 mag, BP = 15.02 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.04 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 7.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 64.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 33 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2617 arcs/min @ PA = 152 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.2700 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 100° (sunlit = 89%), Sun = 116°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.95 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL78
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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