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Stellar Occultation by (7617) 1996 VF30 on 2023-09-14 (19:25:53 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] : 11eb3737-74c6-4dcb-a418-e6c87c751f3d [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-14 at 19:25:53 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (7617) 1996 VF30
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4100112433783014784
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 48 00.5352, DE = -16 07 32.073  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.28 mag, RP = 12.37 mag, BP = 13.71 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.22 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.9 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.4 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 112° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 110°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.6 mas = 2 km = 0.35 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.3 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#50

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


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