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Stellar Occultation by (2082) Galahad on 2024-09-05 (19:58:59 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] : 4e0d7a30-c354-11ef-5276-c2b5fbfb49e4 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-05 at 19:58:59 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2082) Galahad
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4067687659742151552
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 49 06.5823, DE = -24 39 33.924  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.2 mag, RP = 13.61 mag, BP = 14.59 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 8.2 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 74° (sunlit = 7%), Sun = 104°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.89 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#52

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


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