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Stellar Occultation by (137) Meliboea on 2024-12-31 (18:10:00 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] : e525e390-ddb5-11f0-547e-6c88a5bf501a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-31 at 18:10:00 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (137) Meliboea
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2738218195832102016
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 00 00 29.0028, DE = +00 27 33.608  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.25 mag, RP = 12.59 mag, BP = 13.76 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.84 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 23.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 145.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 72 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.7033 arcs/min @ PA = 77 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.1570 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 70° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 80°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL145
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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