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Stellar Occultation by (1284) Latvia on 2024-12-26 (04:19:57 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] : 05134790-82f6-11ef-6618-bf4c7fffdc93 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-26 at 04:19:57 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1284) Latvia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0176206432094715136
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 24 46.0817, DE = +34 24 45.954  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.9 mag, RP = 9.98 mag, BP = 11.8 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.25 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 37 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 149° (sunlit = 21%), Sun = 152°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.12 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#97

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


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