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Stellar Occultation by (84873) 2003 BW55 on 2024-08-15 (20:17:51 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] : fb55e620-c352-11ef-5276-3b98f7d508a4 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-15 at 20:17:51 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (84873) 2003 BW55
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4183828699325593472
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 40 57.7312, DE = -12 23 00.128  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.27 mag, RP = 9.45 mag, BP = 11.0 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.44 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 9.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4.8 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 27° (sunlit = 81%), Sun = 150°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.37 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.97 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#41

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


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