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Stellar Occultation by (30726) 1978 VK7 on 2024-10-24 (00:23:49 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] : 53dc0040-c358-11ef-5276-e72f7dff706e [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-10-24 at 00:23:49 UT +/- 0.13 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (30726) 1978 VK7
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0144994836035090816
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 34 15.1697, DE = +21 43 34.613  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.3 mag, RP = 11.68 mag, BP = 12.74 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.37 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 3.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 47° (sunlit = 53%), Sun = 141°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 19.0 mas = 16 km = 9.75 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.82 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#30

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


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