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Stellar Occultation by (1284) Latvia on 2024-12-23 (20:38:34 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] : cd4bee90-ddb5-11f0-547e-42ba81dff006 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-23 at 20:38:34 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1284) Latvia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0176241410308322048
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 26 24.1848, DE = +34 45 55.529  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.29 mag, RP = 13.37 mag, BP = 15.16 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.12 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 36.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 40 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5367 arcs/min @ PA = 225 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 6.8720 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 121° (sunlit = 41%), Sun = 155°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.8 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.61 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#103
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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