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Stellar Occultation by (1708) Polit on 2023-08-26 (20:32:30 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] : 72edab40-c33b-11ef-5276-19037fe7e1ad [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-08-26 at 20:32:30 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1708) Polit
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2621063926221825152
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 22 07 44.6801, DE = -05 12 01.676  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.04 mag, RP = 12.35 mag, BP = 13.57 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.75 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 29.3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 59° (sunlit = 76%), Sun = 174°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.29 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63

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


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