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Stellar Occultation by (1428) Mombasa on 2023-11-18 (22:12:20 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] : 7443fa8f-639e-484f-8615-18ef730c7644 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-11-18 at 22:12:20 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1428) Mombasa
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3326928297944175744
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 39 28.9265, DE = +10 09 56.111  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.68 mag, RP = 13.58 mag, BP = 15.93 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.65 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 10.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 56.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 33%), Sun = 135°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.7 mas = 5 km = 0.09 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.12 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#60

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


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