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Stellar Occultation by (42554) 1996 RJ28 on 2023-12-30 (22:15:16 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] : 51ff6830-ddb4-11f0-547e-21e43d165e6d [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-12-30 at 22:15:16 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (42554) 1996 RJ28
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3126352156993466496
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 48 47.4801, DE = +02 01 04.815  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.27 mag, RP = 13.96 mag, BP = 14.44 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.93 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 17.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 15.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3333 arcs/min @ PA = 276 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.0350 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : JTRO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 47° (sunlit = 86%), Sun = 159°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#54
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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