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Stellar Occultation by (1490) Limpopo on 2025-03-07 (18:32:02 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] : bd1ec8b0-8741-11ef-78cd-ae33afdbc51f [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-03-07 at 18:32:02 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1490) Limpopo
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3096411493292121856
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 08 19 50.3823, DE = +05 57 13.115  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.35 mag, RP = 12.71 mag, BP = 13.83 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.49 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 18.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 39° (sunlit = 62%), Sun = 137°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.94 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#64

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


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