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Stellar Occultation by (137) Meliboea on 2024-12-31 (18:10:00 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] : 72363ba0-8541-11ef-78cd-e3e65dff5322 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-31 at 18:10:00 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (137) Meliboea
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2738218195832102016
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 00 00 29.0027, DE = +00 27 33.608  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.25 mag, RP = 12.59 mag, BP = 13.76 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.86 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 145 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 23.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 70° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 80°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#135

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


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