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Stellar Occultation by (4954) Eric on 2024-11-25 (20:55:42 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] : 4cfb4c20-ddb2-11f0-547e-1275eb7ec264 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-25 at 20:55:42 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4954) Eric
 Star Designation          : GDR3 1979206696214009344
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 21 41 12.4972, DE = +50 05 47.989  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.53 mag, RP = 13.02 mag, BP = 13.87 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.54 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 10.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 44 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 1.7317 arcs/min @ PA = 18 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 26.6630 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : NEO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 122° (sunlit = 25%), Sun = 102°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 13.7 mas = 3 km = 0.31 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.93 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL997
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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