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Stellar Occultation by (760) Massinga on 2024-09-29 (19:36:57 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] : 018b9270-c357-11ef-5276-a55e7fdf708e [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-29 at 19:36:57 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (760) Massinga
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4046849028175183616
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 30 30.4175, DE = -31 20 54.126  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.85 mag, RP = 11.9 mag, BP = 11.82 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.01 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 71 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 17.1 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 122° (sunlit = 8%), Sun = 89°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 2 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.72 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#79

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


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