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Stellar Occultation by (154089) 2002 CD279 on 2025-08-19 (19:32:53 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] : 4b97d240-ddb7-11f0-547e-be307ff72c74 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-08-19 at 19:32:53 UT +/- 0.09 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (154089) 2002 CD279
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4124849173329895680
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 38 12.6362, DE = -16 06 48.984  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.31 mag, RP = 11.43 mag, BP = 13.13 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.76 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4533 arcs/min @ PA = 117 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.8900 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 157° (sunlit = 14%), Sun = 117°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 21.3 mas = 23 km = 10.98 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.74 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL38
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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