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Stellar Occultation by (1261) Legia on 2023-08-13 (21:30:37 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] : eb893e50-ddb3-11f0-547e-20e79fd3379e [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-08-13 at 21:30:37 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1261) Legia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4112795094247763072
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 08 04.5016, DE = -24 17 09.801  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.98 mag, RP = 12.6 mag, BP = 16.21 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.86 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 9.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 31.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 17 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.1017 arcs/min @ PA = 97 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.4220 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 145° (sunlit = 6%), Sun = 117°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.25 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL84
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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