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Stellar Occultation by (74) Galatea on 2018-05-05 (21:29:52 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 9bd442d6-30d2-48ed-a490-4640b8873191 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2018-05-05 at 21:29:52 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (74) Galatea
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3677650448251051392
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 12 57 59.5263, DE = -05 30 11.554  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.49 mag, RP = 12.98 mag, BP = 13.84 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.2 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 9.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 119 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.1 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 96° (sunlit = 70%), Sun = 150°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 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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