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Stellar Occultation by (146863) 2002 AW162 on 2025-09-03 (19:50:48 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] : 61b7e240-ddb7-11f0-547e-7b215f5f1ec9 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-03 at 19:50:48 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (146863) 2002 AW162
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6874247753147412480
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 16 45.7711, DE = -16 07 14.755  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.32 mag, RP = 12.66 mag, BP = 13.82 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.56 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2667 arcs/min @ PA = 269 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.7300 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 13° (sunlit = 82%), Sun = 141°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 6.7 mas = 11 km = 4.09 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.0 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL34
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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