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Stellar Occultation by (4286) Rubtsov on 2025-02-03 (18:50:04 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] : 4d96da00-89c1-11ef-78cd-7e5bbbd4eeb2 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-02-03 at 18:50:04 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4286) Rubtsov
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3423242522944277760
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 59 05.6841, DE = +21 24 04.172  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.14 mag, RP = 13.49 mag, BP = 14.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.84 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.0 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 12.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 4.1 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 65° (sunlit = 33%), Sun = 135°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#60

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


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