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Stellar Occultation by (119979) 2002 WC19 on 2025-11-15 (06:00:37 UT)

Event Details
Occultation UUID [and db] : 55d4cbb0-d2a5-11ee-7567-d88bfeeb56e1 [cetnos] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-11-15 at 06:00:37 UT +/- 6.51 min [1] Object Designation : (119979) 2002 WC19 Star Designation : GDR3 3378870704710012544 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 06 41 18.0424, DE = +21 16 13.754 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 14.52 mag, RP = 14.04 mag, BP = 14.83 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.69 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 6.2 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 25.3 sec Object Mean Diameter : 399.5 km (src: CORA+astorb) Orbital Class : TNO Speed of the shadow : 15.8 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 78° (sunlit = 21%), Sun = 133° Cross-track uncertainty : 76.3 mas = 2115 km = 5.30 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.05 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#9 (24-02-23) Object is a <TNOs are Cool> target ! [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

Event Details

 Occultation UUID [and db] : 55d4cbb0-d2a5-11ee-7567-d88bfeeb56e1 [cetnos]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-11-15 at 06:00:37 UT +/- 6.51 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (119979) 2002 WC19
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3378870704710012544
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 41 18.0424, DE = +21 16 13.754  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.52 mag, RP = 14.04 mag, BP = 14.83 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.69 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 25.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 399.5 km  (src: CORA+astorb)
 Orbital Class             : TNO
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 78° (sunlit = 21%), Sun = 133°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 76.3 mas = 2115 km = 5.30 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.05 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#9 (24-02-23)

 Object is a <TNOs are Cool> target !

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

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Occultation Ground Track
Time[UT] \| Lat----CENTR----Lon \| Alt hh:mm:ss \| +DD.dddd +DDD.dddd \| deg ---------------------------------------------- 05:55:01 +28.9759 +043.4952 +13 287 +26 05:55:28 +33.6733 +031.6452 +24 280 +16 05:55:56 +36.8529 +023.1337 +31 274 +08 05:56:24 +39.3995 +015.7918 +37 268 +02 05:56:52 +41.5507 +009.0362 +42 262 -04 05:57:20 +43.4102 +002.6051 +46 255 -09 05:57:48 +45.0322 -003.6463 +50 248 -13 05:58:15 +46.4474 -009.8084 +53 239 -18 05:58:43 +47.6735 -015.9417 +55 230 -22 05:59:11 +48.7206 -022.0881 +57 220 -26 05:59:39 +49.5933 -028.2772 +59 210 -30 06:00:07 +50.2926 -034.5293 +60 198 -34 06:00:34 +50.8171 -040.8583 +60 187 -37 06:01:02 +51.1630 -047.2728 +60 175 -41 06:01:30 +51.3249 -053.7786 +59 163 -44 06:01:58 +51.2955 -060.3803 +58 152 -48 06:02:26 +51.0658 -067.0837 +56 142 -51 06:02:54 +50.6239 -073.8997 +53 132 -54 06:03:21 +49.9538 -080.8485 +50 122 -57 06:03:49 +49.0332 -087.9668 +46 114 -59 06:04:17 +47.8281 -095.3198 +42 106 -61 06:04:45 +46.2832 -103.0253 +37 098 -61 06:05:13 +44.2976 -111.3098 +32 091 -61 06:05:40 +41.6516 -120.6830 +25 083 -58 06:06:08 +37.6256 -132.8567 +15 074 -52 Longitude measured positiv to the East.

Occultation Ground Track

 Time[UT] | Lat----CENTR----Lon | Alt hh:mm:ss | +DD.dddd  +DDD.dddd | deg ---------------------------------------------- 05:55:01   +28.9759  +043.4952   +13  287  +26 05:55:28   +33.6733  +031.6452   +24  280  +16 05:55:56   +36.8529  +023.1337   +31  274  +08 05:56:24   +39.3995  +015.7918   +37  268  +02 05:56:52   +41.5507  +009.0362   +42  262  -04 05:57:20   +43.4102  +002.6051   +46  255  -09 05:57:48   +45.0322  -003.6463   +50  248  -13 05:58:15   +46.4474  -009.8084   +53  239  -18 05:58:43   +47.6735  -015.9417   +55  230  -22 05:59:11   +48.7206  -022.0881   +57  220  -26 05:59:39   +49.5933  -028.2772   +59  210  -30 06:00:07   +50.2926  -034.5293   +60  198  -34 06:00:34   +50.8171  -040.8583   +60  187  -37 06:01:02   +51.1630  -047.2728   +60  175  -41 06:01:30   +51.3249  -053.7786   +59  163  -44 06:01:58   +51.2955  -060.3803   +58  152  -48 06:02:26   +51.0658  -067.0837   +56  142  -51 06:02:54   +50.6239  -073.8997   +53  132  -54 06:03:21   +49.9538  -080.8485   +50  122  -57 06:03:49   +49.0332  -087.9668   +46  114  -59 06:04:17   +47.8281  -095.3198   +42  106  -61 06:04:45   +46.2832  -103.0253   +37  098  -61 06:05:13   +44.2976  -111.3098   +32  091  -61 06:05:40   +41.6516  -120.6830   +25  083  -58 06:06:08   +37.6256  -132.8567   +15  074  -52

Longitude measured positiv to the East.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Azm Sun | Lat----EDGE1----Lon | Lat----EDGE2----Lon deg deg | +DD.dddd +DDD.dddd | +DD.dddd +DDD.dddd --------------------------------------------- +28.4799 +039.1545 +28.7608 +049.6716 +32.5680 +028.6807 +34.6367 +035.0670 +35.5189 +020.6324 +38.1129 +025.9487 +37.9207 +013.5704 +40.8337 +018.2744 +39.9625 +007.0294 +43.1127 +011.2754 +41.7323 +000.7877 +45.0758 +004.6348 +43.2776 -005.2817 +46.7857 -001.8163 +44.6261 -011.2594 +48.2773 -008.1809 +45.7943 -017.2001 +49.5699 -014.5269 +46.7917 -023.1422 +50.6741 -020.9008 +47.6231 -029.1134 +51.5944 -027.3346 +48.2899 -035.1337 +52.3313 -033.8496 +48.7913 -041.2170 +52.8824 -040.4587 +49.1242 -047.3738 +53.2431 -047.1688 +49.2839 -053.6119 +53.4070 -053.9825 +49.2641 -059.9386 +53.3658 -060.9003 +49.0564 -066.3627 +53.1097 -067.9244 +48.6497 -072.8973 +52.6256 -075.0619 +48.0294 -079.5640 +51.8965 -082.3311 +47.1747 -086.3984 +50.8977 -089.7698 +46.0549 -093.4608 +49.5916 -097.4500 +44.6209 -100.8554 +47.9142 -105.5075 +42.7867 -108.7750 +45.7446 -114.2161 +40.3754 -117.6283 +42.7968 -124.2412 +36.8885 -128.5982 +37.8775 -138.4334 Azimuth (Azm) measured from North to East.

Apply ephem. offset (O-C) in RA & DE and CTU:
CTU: Cross-track uncertainty (zero means: use the nominal prediction value, see event details below). Offsets and CTU all in mas.

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Stellar Occultation by (119979) 2002 WC19 on 2025-11-15 (06:00:37 UT)