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Stellar Occultation by (1428) Mombasa on 2023-09-17 (00:33:08 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : 9ed47467-8ade-47ed-98c1-527455489695 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-17 at 00:33:08 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1428) Mombasa
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3330066682088660224
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 12 37.1144, DE = +10 39 55.468  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.98 mag, RP = 14.23 mag, BP = 15.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.46 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 57 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 20.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 102° (sunlit = 4%), Sun = 81°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 5 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.95 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#60

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


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