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Stellar Occultation by (1869) Philoctetes on 2026-03-22 (19:55:24 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] : 1db562f0-de72-11f0-4858-703b33b516d8 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-03-22 at 19:55:24 UT +/- 0.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1869) Philoctetes
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3887594222115620864
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 10 24 39.6651, DE = +14 35 57.058  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.69 mag, RP = 14.11 mag, BP = 15.09 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.54 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 20.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2533 arcs/min @ PA = 286 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 1.9260 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : JTRO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 100° (sunlit = 18%), Sun = 150°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 4.7 mas = 15 km = 0.76 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#62
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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