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Stellar Occultation by (372288) 2008 VU1 on 2024-09-20 (21:34:50 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] : 6b354e40-ddb5-11f0-547e-cb2dbe7f14e7 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-20 at 21:34:50 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (372288) 2008 VU1
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2588521886732768384
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 34 21.0435, DE = +13 48 01.537  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.79 mag, RP = 11.45 mag, BP = 11.99 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.56 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4550 arcs/min @ PA = 285 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.2360 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 11° (sunlit = 89%), Sun = 151°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 24.7 mas = 30 km = 12.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.74 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#31
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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