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Stellar Occultation by (100) Hekate on 2008-02-26 (00:34:14 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : ad979ef5-992c-4564-b4ac-74104d3afb1d [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2008-02-26 at 00:34:14 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (100) Hekate
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3914248170679334656
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 11 32 55.4832, DE = +09 02 52.485  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.85 mag, RP = 10.19 mag, BP = 11.35 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 89 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 44° (sunlit = 78%), Sun = 165°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 5 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.92 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#61

 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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