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2025-11-24 / UCAC4 482-051022 / (1180) Rita

#	OBS	Observer	Occ	Meth.	Instr.	CC	TSRC	UT1	UT2	UT3	UT4	UT2E	UT3E	Dur.	Chrd
1	show	Marcin Filipek	O+	VID	M250	PL	GPS	02:45:12	02:45:41.54	02:45:43.94	02:46:12	0.050	0.050	2.40	66.2

UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

1 observation found in db: sodis

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JPL#81 : c92dd370-ddb8-11f0-547e-43419765e50c [db: observed]

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Sky projection (artificial light) for occ. time: 2025-11-24, 02:45 UT (JD = 2461003.615)

DAMIT	Q	P (h)	λ, β	JD0	JD-JD0	φ0	Version	Modified	Vol-equiv D	Cmnt
# 4476	1.0	14.898	112°, 4°	2.45732e6	3683.6	0.0°	None	2020-10-05	not scaled	2019-10-23
# 4477	1.0	14.897	279°, -8°	2.45732e6	3683.6	0.0°	None	2020-10-05	not scaled	2019-10-23

Q: model quality flag (0-5, 5=highest) | P: rotation period | λ,β: ecl. lon. and lat. of spin axis (J2000) | JD: initial time (epoch) | φ0: initial rotation angle for JD0

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Event Details
Occultation UUID [and DB] : c92dd370-ddb8-11f0-547e-43419765e50c [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-11-24 at 02:48:30 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (1180) Rita Orbit Class : MBA Star Designation : GDR3 3895460678057119232 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 12 07 26.7675, DE = +06 17 21.007 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 12.19 mag, RP = 11.68 mag, BP = 12.54 mag Object Magnitude : V = 16.61 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 4.4 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 1.6 sec Object Mean Diameter : 45.0 km (src: astorb) Speed of the shadow : 27.6 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 105° (sunlit = 13%), Sun = 63° Cross-track uncertainty : 1.3 mas = 4 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.34 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#81 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

Event Details

Occultation UUID [and DB] : c92dd370-ddb8-11f0-547e-43419765e50c [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-11-24 at 02:48:30 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (1180) Rita Orbit Class : MBA Star Designation : GDR3 3895460678057119232 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 12 07 26.7675, DE = +06 17 21.007 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 12.19 mag, RP = 11.68 mag, BP = 12.54 mag Object Magnitude : V = 16.61 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 4.4 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 1.6 sec Object Mean Diameter : 45.0 km (src: astorb) Speed of the shadow : 27.6 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 105° (sunlit = 13%), Sun = 63° Cross-track uncertainty : 1.3 mas = 4 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.34 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#81 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

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