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Stellar Occultation by (344) Desiderata on 2025-11-16 (18:24:00 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] : b8514460-ddb8-11f0-547e-62896ff55e0c [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-11-16 at 18:24:00 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (344) Desiderata
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6694533539655919360
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 14 04.4917, DE = -36 36 54.796  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 8.72 mag, RP = 7.99 mag, BP = 9.3 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.52 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 37.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 132.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 87 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 1.4700 arcs/min @ PA = 69 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.1930 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 100° (sunlit = 11%), Sun = 64°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.07 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#127
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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