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Stellar Occultation by (140261) 2001 SJ263 on 2023-12-05 (18:50:40 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] : 5d9558e6-3f82-40da-a008-685424935673 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-12-05 at 18:50:40 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (140261) 2001 SJ263
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3437808818630389504
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 06 11.9877, DE = +30 22 11.459  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.31 mag, RP = 14.47 mag, BP = 15.91 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.92 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 78° (sunlit = 45%), Sun = 161°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 7.7 mas = 7 km = 2.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.91 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#34

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


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