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Stellar Occultation by (589) Croatia on 2026-08-23 (01:40:49 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] : 52006310-d9ae-11f1-43f3-baa9c52cac47 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-08-23 at 01:40:49 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (589) Croatia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3389671688465020544
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 35 19.8077, DE = +14 04 26.678  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.43 mag, RP = 14.6 mag, BP = 16.14 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.21 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 28.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 88.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 37 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.7250 arcs/min @ PA = 97 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.6820 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 164° (sunlit = 77%), Sun = 66°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL123
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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