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Stellar Occultation by (976) Benjamina on 2026-09-08 (19:56:42 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] : db8c5f70-d9af-11f1-43f3-f180bbe9a8c6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-09-08 at 19:56:42 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (976) Benjamina
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4097126671264867072
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 28 59.7780, DE = -16 02 46.793  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.9 mag, RP = 13.54 mag, BP = 17.1 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.94 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 12.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 80.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 42 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.1983 arcs/min @ PA = 101 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.3210 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 140° (sunlit = 7%), Sun = 111°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.4 mas = 2 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.23 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL110
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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