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Stellar Occultation by (3246) Bidstrup on 2026-03-15 (20:00:30 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] : 49bbf500-de75-11f0-4858-fe51eb5bd16f [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-03-15 at 20:00:30 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3246) Bidstrup
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3121460189239740800
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 12 38.9507, DE = -00 40 07.400  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.14 mag, RP = 13.62 mag, BP = 14.49 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.54 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 14.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 7 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4417 arcs/min @ PA = 48 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.1090 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 132° (sunlit = 12%), Sun = 97°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.2 mas = 0 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.04 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#75
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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