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Stellar Occultation by (137) Meliboea on 2024-09-17 (00:24:44 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] : 7affd110-ddb5-11f0-547e-488dffeecf68 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-17 at 00:24:44 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (137) Meliboea
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2757993423557836160
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 23 35 47.1533, DE = +07 54 22.598  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.38 mag, RP = 11.78 mag, BP = 12.81 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 11.82 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 13.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 145.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 125 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5733 arcs/min @ PA = 224 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.4740 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 22° (sunlit = 98%), Sun = 170°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.91 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#145
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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