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Stellar Occultation by (863) Benkoela on 2024-12-29 (19:20:43 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] : 9942e2c0-865e-11ef-78cd-c2d42ffaa494 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-29 at 19:20:43 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (863) Benkoela
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3206038678096338816
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 31 36.1257, DE = -01 56 25.600  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.48 mag, RP = 11.08 mag, BP = 11.74 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.36 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 27 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 146° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 140°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.75 mas, dup.src = 1  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#68

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


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