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Stellar Occultation by (1796) Riga on 2024-09-12 (01:50:15 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] : 74ed4750-879c-11ef-78cd-91fac58f78b4 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-12 at 01:50:15 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1796) Riga
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3272354141377959936
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 57 21.9064, DE = +04 19 22.784  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.13 mag, RP = 13.38 mag, BP = 14.74 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.93 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 74 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 142° (sunlit = 59%), Sun = 111°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#69

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


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