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Stellar Occultation by (494) Virtus on 2006-09-07 (02:56:38 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 87e766c6-3629-49e2-bd8b-a7c84ee9f7df [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2006-09-07 at 02:56:38 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (494) Virtus
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3430915877154599808
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 52 08.1302, DE = +27 03 55.505  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.29 mag, RP = 9.37 mag, BP = 11.17 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.32 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 86 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 22.3 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 113° (sunlit = 99%), Sun = 76°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 2 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.9 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63

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


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