Collaborative Occultation Resources and Archive (CORA)


Occultations | Observations | Reports | Info + Credits | JOA | Admin | Login

Stellar Occultation by (114) Kassandra on 2017-12-15 (19:00:23 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 804be3ba-b175-4755-873e-c11b97d23adc [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2017-12-15 at 19:00:23 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (114) Kassandra
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3356299822638892672
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 39 36.4578, DE = +15 30 00.357  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.83 mag, RP = 12.05 mag, BP = 13.48 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 11.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 10.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 100 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 137° (sunlit = 6%), Sun = 163°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 1 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.45 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#146

 Object is a <Gaia mass determination> target !

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


More Data and Informations
SiMDA | 3D Asteroid Catalogue | Johnston Archive | Star at CDS (Vizier) | JPL Small-Body Node | Minor Planet Center | Wikipedia
(If error 404: link not valid which means no data available)


Interactive map



Aladin Sky Atlas
Aladin Lite direct link (has Gaia overlay)