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Stellar Occultation by (792) Metcalfia on 2024-08-12 (00:17:23 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] : e551ae70-863c-11ef-78cd-efb537e5bef7 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-12 at 00:17:23 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (792) Metcalfia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0069636027053399296
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 30 36.1025, DE = +26 08 27.611  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.41 mag, RP = 12.83 mag, BP = 13.82 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.41 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 61 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 21.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 166° (sunlit = 44%), Sun = 83°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.93 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#72

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


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