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Stellar Occultation by (256) Walpurga on 2024-12-04 (00:22:18 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] : 8b225990-8565-11ef-78cd-7bb9ffff257c [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-04 at 00:22:18 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (256) Walpurga
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3238830100566685312
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 14 00.7585, DE = +04 38 00.957  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.72 mag, RP = 14.27 mag, BP = 15.0 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.68 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 63.3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 145° (sunlit = 8%), Sun = 161°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#70

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


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