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Stellar Occultation by (4838) Billmclaughlin on 2026-11-02 (19:08:53 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] : 49255f50-d9b5-11f1-43f3-fd3efaffc0a7 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-11-02 at 19:08:53 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4838) Billmclaughlin
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0043471120646989952
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 50 00.2074, DE = +16 33 38.177  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.18 mag, RP = 11.64 mag, BP = 12.55 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.86 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 8.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 7 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6017 arcs/min @ PA = 244 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.2080 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 84° (sunlit = 40%), Sun = 161°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.22 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL68
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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