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Stellar Occultation by (5044) Shestaka on 2024-10-23 (18:55:14 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] : 91fc5e60-ddb5-11f0-547e-c7455fffa799 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-10-23 at 18:55:14 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (5044) Shestaka
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6842345973017889152
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 21 30 27.3363, DE = -14 18 30.604  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.52 mag, RP = 9.79 mag, BP = 11.11 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.8 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 7 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5017 arcs/min @ PA = 58 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.9050 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 154° (sunlit = 56%), Sun = 109°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.09 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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