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Stellar Occultation by (3749) Balam on 2024-11-02 (21:17:00 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] : 17d78280-c359-11ef-5276-6c4e1e5e23be [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-02 at 21:17:00 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3749) Balam
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0126285855413210624
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 42 18.4755, DE = +25 49 06.792  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.24 mag, RP = 11.65 mag, BP = 12.67 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.94 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 169° (sunlit = 2%), Sun = 169°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.9 mas = 0 km = 0.12 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 3.69 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#92

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


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