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Stellar Occultation by (1940) Whipple on 2022-12-30 (23:00:37 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 6ebc9ca2-6bca-43b1-9c47-00edf3689be1 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2022-12-30 at 23:00:37 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1940) Whipple
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3365816615471211520
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 49 55.4757, DE = +19 59 17.076  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.43 mag, RP = 13.89 mag, BP = 14.8 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.29 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 34 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 81° (sunlit = 60%), Sun = 176°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.3 mas = 3 km = 0.09 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.95 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#61

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


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