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Stellar Occultation by (78963) 2003 SR250 on 2024-11-16 (20:08:42 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] : 91896120-c359-11ef-5276-d30f233f4f06 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-16 at 20:08:42 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (78963) 2003 SR250
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2603811661068988160
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 23 01 09.1955, DE = -12 13 58.142  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.36 mag, RP = 11.89 mag, BP = 12.66 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.09 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 87° (sunlit = 99%), Sun = 107°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.50 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.92 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#34

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


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