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Stellar Occultation by (149) Medusa on 2022-06-13 (00:23:16 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : f337afc9-6ccb-4215-a39e-eeecf0c14aac [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2022-06-13 at 00:23:16 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (149) Medusa
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4070513615179298944
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 50 16.6720, DE = -21 48 01.688  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.78 mag, RP = 12.51 mag, BP = 15.62 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.18 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.0 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 20 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 27° (sunlit = 97%), Sun = 174°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.2 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#65

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


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