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Stellar Occultation by (4837) Bickerton on 2024-08-22 (21:20:26 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] : 47e6ea20-ddb5-11f0-547e-fc4b7fca746f [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-22 at 21:20:26 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4837) Bickerton
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2811156189445665024
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 23 19 40.7997, DE = +12 13 06.202  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.28 mag, RP = 10.61 mag, BP = 11.79 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.16 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 24.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 18 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6500 arcs/min @ PA = 295 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.7340 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 23° (sunlit = 86%), Sun = 151°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.05 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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