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Stellar Occultation by (155230) 2005 VQ118 on 2022-12-13 (19:47:35 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] : 44eea3a0-ddb3-11f0-547e-2996eee53282 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2022-12-13 at 19:47:35 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (155230) 2005 VQ118
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3428097214675376896
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 51 49.3190, DE = +24 14 56.742  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.89 mag, RP = 11.97 mag, BP = 13.76 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.2 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5850 arcs/min @ PA = 292 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.4300 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 56° (sunlit = 74%), Sun = 174°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 3 km = 0.93 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.04 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#37
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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