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Stellar Occultation by (244588) 2002 XK54 on 2023-10-14 (20:20:29 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] : 28e603a0-ddb4-11f0-547e-39b8196fdae9 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-10-14 at 20:20:29 UT +/- 0.11 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (244588) 2002 XK54
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4299288174840288256
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 11 00.9301, DE = +08 52 52.581  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.48 mag, RP = 12.96 mag, BP = 13.82 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.61 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3900 arcs/min @ PA = 130 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.2310 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 103° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 104°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 30.7 mas = 60 km = 17.82 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.12 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#33
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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