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Stellar Occultation by (679) Pax on 2024-09-03 (01:24:32 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] : 46fb7ad0-c354-11ef-5276-c6f596ff0fdb [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-03 at 01:24:32 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (679) Pax
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3220702207544395136
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 33 37.0597, DE = -00 25 00.729  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.1 mag, RP = 12.18 mag, BP = 13.95 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.03 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.2 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 52 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 23.4 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 80° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 79°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 3 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.07 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#67

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


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