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Stellar Occultation by (3318) Blixen on 2024-11-01 (21:21:48 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] : 9d6b4f40-ddb5-11f0-547e-8da9d7fd1e9a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-01 at 21:21:48 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3318) Blixen
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3268781587580006656
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 15 10.4885, DE = +02 06 35.095  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.22 mag, RP = 12.66 mag, BP = 13.62 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.52 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 21.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 14 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5150 arcs/min @ PA = 257 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.1970 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 161° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 163°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL73
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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