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Stellar Occultation by (1227) Geranium on 2024-09-11 (23:22:02 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] : 6b5afeb0-ddb5-11f0-547e-d61d96ff7bc6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-11 at 23:22:02 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1227) Geranium
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0187599949540477440
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 20 14.6837, DE = +38 29 42.241  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.41 mag, RP = 12.38 mag, BP = 14.51 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.96 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 16.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 41.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 17 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4183 arcs/min @ PA = 56 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.6340 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 168° (sunlit = 57%), Sun = 88°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.39 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#77
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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