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Stellar Occultation by (196166) 2002 VE54 on 2023-09-24 (17:57:17 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] : 13383d70-ddb4-11f0-547e-a48bd79b15b1 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-24 at 17:57:17 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (196166) 2002 VE54
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4291659179071727360
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 38 54.3574, DE = +05 36 01.768  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.59 mag, RP = 12.73 mag, BP = 14.34 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 21.02 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2700 arcs/min @ PA = 162 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.8430 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 32° (sunlit = 71%), Sun = 113°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 2 km = 0.64 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.97 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL43
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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