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Stellar Occultation by (688) Melanie on 2016-09-21 (04:14:06 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 755a374b-6a3d-429a-977d-312792c5c946 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2016-09-21 at 04:14:06 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (688) Melanie
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3306036958539964800
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 26 59.5413, DE = +11 01 31.669  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.02 mag, RP = 10.32 mag, BP = 11.57 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.88 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 5.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 41 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.3 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 9° (sunlit = 75%), Sun = 111°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.33 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#100

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


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