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Stellar Occultation by (4337) Arecibo on 2025-02-19 (20:51:18 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] : 49a6a550-89c7-11ef-78cd-d938fe6905bf [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-02-19 at 20:51:18 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4337) Arecibo
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3384073078336417408
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 37 51.2892, DE = +25 45 33.944  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.77 mag, RP = 14.29 mag, BP = 15.07 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.05 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 11.0 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 134° (sunlit = 58%), Sun = 127°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.2 mas = 0 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#57

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


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