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Stellar Occultation by (132663) 2002 MD2 on 2023-03-28 (02:24:16 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] : 8056c4e0-ddb3-11f0-547e-c70aa74e7acc [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-03-28 at 02:24:16 UT +/- 0.09 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (132663) 2002 MD2
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6330895804211862144
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 14 41 23.7190, DE = -06 28 18.598  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.68 mag, RP = 9.38 mag, BP = 9.85 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.01 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 10.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3067 arcs/min @ PA = 303 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.8130 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 132° (sunlit = 41%), Sun = 146°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 18.0 mas = 30 km = 8.86 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.42 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL39
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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