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Stellar Occultation by (3066) McFadden on 2026-11-02 (20:02:47 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] : 438da3e0-d9b5-11f1-43f3-c212edf0a42e [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-11-02 at 20:02:47 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3066) McFadden
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2467752560330070400
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 50 25.5056, DE = -05 51 21.485  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.41 mag, RP = 12.94 mag, BP = 13.7 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.18 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 19.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 21 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5583 arcs/min @ PA = 230 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 6.9130 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 118° (sunlit = 39%), Sun = 157°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.67 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL73
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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