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Stellar Occultation by (2307) Garuda on 2026-04-20 (21:18:24 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] : 46a994d0-33fc-11f1-6999-f7dbf7ff33b3 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-04-20 at 21:18:24 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2307) Garuda
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3593048835289398144
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 11 28 51.8161, DE = -07 28 20.029  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.41 mag, RP = 13.85 mag, BP = 14.8 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.96 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 5.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 41.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 27 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3267 arcs/min @ PA = 317 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.2550 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 99° (sunlit = 16%), Sun = 144°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.97 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#72
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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