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Stellar Occultation by (114) Kassandra on 2024-07-16 (12:46:55 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] : f8d339f0-8538-11ef-78cd-08a8efefb90d [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-07-16 at 12:46:55 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (114) Kassandra
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6877862775579161984
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 06 07.6464, DE = -14 45 45.997  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.35 mag, RP = 12.81 mag, BP = 13.72 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.58 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 7.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 99.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 68° (sunlit = 74%), Sun = 172°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.03 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#152

 Object is a <Gaia mass determination> target !

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


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