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Stellar Occultation by (4068) Menestheus on 2025-04-02 (18:50:06 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] : 44244aa0-899b-11ef-78cd-56e1fa7ccfe3 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-04-02 at 18:50:06 UT +/- 0.17 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4068) Menestheus
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3096719047310177664
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 08 13 31.5542, DE = +06 22 17.987  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.53 mag, RP = 11.87 mag, BP = 13.04 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.89 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 62.3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : JTRO
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 54° (sunlit = 25%), Sun = 110°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 2 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#70

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


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