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Stellar Occultation by (491) Carina on 2023-09-26 (01:56:58 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] : 129bd660-ddb4-11f0-547e-b6155fff5dda [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-26 at 01:56:58 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (491) Carina
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3127683695634797952
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 43 51.3417, DE = +04 03 08.084  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.26 mag, RP = 12.74 mag, BP = 13.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.7 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 22.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 97.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 46 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6233 arcs/min @ PA = 116 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.9840 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 138° (sunlit = 84%), Sun = 82°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#95
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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