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Stellar Occultation by (318) Magdalena on 2024-12-31 (17:43:55 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] : d809ebb0-8588-11ef-78cd-9b3aebfe76d3 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-31 at 17:43:55 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (318) Magdalena
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0002480193290254208
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 13 25.2946, DE = +03 42 23.216  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.97 mag, RP = 13.37 mag, BP = 14.41 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.49 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 10.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 43 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 4.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 114° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 125°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#66

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


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