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Stellar Occultation by (1197) Rhodesia on 2024-08-04 (20:40:17 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] : 888b5f50-c350-11ef-5276-4d13fbeed330 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-04 at 20:40:17 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1197) Rhodesia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4133204984953144576
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 16 46 54.4778, DE = -17 52 14.968  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.78 mag, RP = 14.56 mag, BP = 16.64 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.07 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 13.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 47.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 115° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 120°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 3.5 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#67

 Object is a <Gaia mass determination> target !

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


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