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Stellar Occultation by (16363) 1979 MT4 on 2024-07-17 (22:32:26 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] : 03cb9ca0-ddb5-11f0-547e-e1ecdd1f4a12 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-07-17 at 22:32:26 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (16363) 1979 MT4
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4086199552903003136
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 47 52.8880, DE = -19 41 38.855  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.7 mag, RP = 10.9 mag, BP = 12.38 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.68 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5700 arcs/min @ PA = 279 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.6570 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 31° (sunlit = 86%), Sun = 165°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.15 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.82 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#55
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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