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Stellar Occultation by (74) Galatea on 2019-10-20 (18:59:41 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 93c87568-b845-4504-92ff-4c6784dbf03b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2019-10-20 at 18:59:41 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (74) Galatea
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4092868640678954240
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 30 29.3536, DE = -19 30 08.382  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.7 mag, RP = 10.85 mag, BP = 12.45 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.05 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 119 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 27.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 169° (sunlit = 58%), Sun = 70°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.00 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.04 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#127

 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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