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Stellar Occultation by (55638) 2002 VE95 on 2025-09-30 (02:38:53 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] : 3a17b370-58c8-11ef-4849-fef999f61dcb [cetnos]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-30 at 02:38:53 UT +/- 6.71 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (55638) 2002 VE95
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3141063656928383488
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 14 59.8782, DE = +05 58 15.767  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.63 mag, RP = 13.87 mag, BP = 14.71 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.82 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 18.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 261.5 km  (src: CORA+astorb) => apparent = 11 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.0367 arcs/min @ PA = 133 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 0.2760 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : TNO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 156° (sunlit = 51%), Sun = 78°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 53.3 mas = 1231 km = 4.71 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 3.86 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL21

 Object is a <TNOs are Cool> target !

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


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