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Stellar Occultation by (3017) Petrovic on 2026-08-03 (21:13:29 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] : 6a288a00-d9ac-11f1-43f3-95089f711985 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-08-03 at 21:13:29 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3017) Petrovic
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4123810615876093568
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 46 42.0367, DE = -16 49 12.800  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.04 mag, RP = 10.73 mag, BP = 14.02 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.61 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 15.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 10 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2083 arcs/min @ PA = 283 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.1460 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 106° (sunlit = 74%), Sun = 135°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.86 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL68
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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