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Stellar Occultation by (694) Ekard on 2025-03-27 (20:16:55 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] : 55d49230-861e-11ef-78cd-23e5bafd1326 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-03-27 at 20:16:55 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (694) Ekard
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3755612041772701056
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 10 32 11.3599, DE = -10 57 57.767  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.96 mag, RP = 12.45 mag, BP = 13.21 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.68 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 5.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 90.8 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 160° (sunlit = 4%), Sun = 150°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.8 mas = 1 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.94 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#62

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


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