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Stellar Occultation by (15939) Fessenden on 2026-03-18 (19:07:46 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] : 56f56880-de7c-11f0-4858-f31abb7bbb27 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-03-18 at 19:07:46 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (15939) Fessenden
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3424882586272741632
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 01 32.8701, DE = +23 42 13.135  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.71 mag, RP = 13.13 mag, BP = 14.12 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.43 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 11.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3483 arcs/min @ PA = 74 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.8380 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 96° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 92°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.08 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.26 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#69
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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