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Stellar Occultation by (1349) Bechuana on 2023-10-04 (17:42:49 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] : 9b899d3e-949c-4255-a45f-7121a92cd416 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-10-04 at 17:42:49 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1349) Bechuana
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4076696581360275584
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 34 04.5436, DE = -24 33 55.042  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 16.92 mag, RP = 15.86 mag, BP = 17.56 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.86 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 25.3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 20.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 162° (sunlit = 68%), Sun = 86°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.1 mas = 5 km = 0.22 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.95 mas, dup.src = 0  (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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