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Stellar Occultation by (1051) Merope on 2023-08-07 (01:20:26 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] : e3a76bd0-ddb3-11f0-547e-7bc7fb3bf7c3 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2023-08-07 at 01:20:26 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (1051) Merope Star Designation : GDR3 2713116104851251456 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 22 55 55.2197, DE = +08 41 26.634 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 10.03 mag, RP = 9.49 mag, BP = 10.4 mag Object Magnitude : V = 14.74 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 4.7 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 7.9 sec Speed of the shadow : 8.5 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 67.2 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 46 mas Apparent Motion : 0.3483 arcs/min @ PA = 223 deg Horizontal Parallax : 4.3650 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 41° (sunlit = 65%), Sun = 143° Cross-track uncertainty : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.87 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#89 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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