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Stellar Occultation by (16963) 1998 RE2 on 2024-07-23 (01:19:43 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] : 0f04a4d0-c34f-11ef-5276-68dd9f2d8922 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-07-23 at 01:19:43 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (16963) 1998 RE2
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6871700867603184384
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 46 12.8569, DE = -16 51 43.609  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.45 mag, RP = 10.93 mag, BP = 11.79 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.64 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 8.0 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 28° (sunlit = 96%), Sun = 173°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#52

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


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