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Stellar Occultation by (11972) 1994 VK on 2023-11-10 (19:51:15 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] : 37eb1390-ddb4-11f0-547e-6819f6706ab9 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-11-10 at 19:51:15 UT +/- 0.14 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (11972) 1994 VK
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3443886266071248128
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 52 28.2642, DE = +29 46 58.159  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.5 mag, RP = 11.62 mag, BP = 13.3 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.46 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2233 arcs/min @ PA = 298 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4310 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 110° (sunlit = 7%), Sun = 139°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 20.7 mas = 29 km = 5.32 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL45
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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