Collaborative Occultation Resources and Archive (CORA)

Occultations | Observations | Reports | Info + Credits | JOA | Admin | Login

Stellar Occultation by (4318) Bata on 2024-12-20 (00:09:18 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] : 1a83e9b0-89c5-11ef-78cd-16bf7ffa2e1a [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-20 at 00:09:18 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4318) Bata
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0117326411899470592
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 23 26.8493, DE = +25 58 39.865  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.49 mag, RP = 12.97 mag, BP = 13.84 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.69 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 14.3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 91° (sunlit = 77%), Sun = 146°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.08 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.07 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#58

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


More Data and Informations
SiMDA | 3D Asteroid Catalogue | Johnston Archive | Star at CDS (Vizier) | JPL Small-Body Node | Minor Planet Center | Wikipedia
(If error 404: link not valid which means no data available)


Interactive map



Aladin Sky Atlas
Aladin Lite direct link (has Gaia overlay)