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Stellar Occultation by (51286) 2000 KX15 on 2025-12-31 (00:53:42 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] : 04b6e460-d997-11f1-43f3-16cf7edb9215 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-12-31 at 00:53:42 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (51286) 2000 KX15
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3164345368970493696
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 46 58.9052, DE = +13 24 55.057  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.78 mag, RP = 12.29 mag, BP = 13.1 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.01 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5500 arcs/min @ PA = 302 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9140 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 65° (sunlit = 84%), Sun = 162°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.22 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL59
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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