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Stellar Occultation by (676) Melitta on 2023-06-13 (21:12:45 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] : acff6ab0-ddb3-11f0-547e-0dc6ed9ffbc6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-06-13 at 21:12:45 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (676) Melitta
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4252785395793248512
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 42 31.2453, DE = -06 50 33.225  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.62 mag, RP = 12.6 mag, BP = 14.67 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 8.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 80.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 58 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4217 arcs/min @ PA = 266 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.6370 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 110° (sunlit = 19%), Sun = 156°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.92 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL81
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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