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Stellar Occultation by (4867) Polites on 2024-10-11 (22:08:39 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] : 825fa250-ddb5-11f0-547e-fb4bf7f6d5e4 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-10-11 at 22:08:39 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4867) Polites
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2849863912185919104
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 00 07 04.8574, DE = +24 19 34.230  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.42 mag, RP = 13.27 mag, BP = 15.79 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.05 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 17.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 35.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 11 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3433 arcs/min @ PA = 255 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.0540 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : JTRO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 72° (sunlit = 62%), Sun = 157°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.8 mas = 18 km = 0.51 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 3.7 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#65
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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