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Stellar Occultation by (595) Polyxena on 2024-09-16 (01:35:10 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] : 67b50120-ddb5-11f0-547e-d207feae4a0a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-16 at 01:35:10 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (595) Polyxena
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0898115599041244288
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 22 47.6606, DE = +37 27 21.847  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.24 mag, RP = 10.21 mag, BP = 10.26 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.29 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 27.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 109.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 41 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6233 arcs/min @ PA = 82 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.4090 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 141° (sunlit = 94%), Sun = 68°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.49 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#117
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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