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Stellar Occultation by (127389) 2002 LW6 on 2025-09-12 (23:17:16 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] : 6be0be90-ddb7-11f0-547e-bb5fbc8da760 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-12 at 23:17:16 UT +/- 0.15 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (127389) 2002 LW6
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4192620596160740224
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 03 09.0265, DE = -08 20 37.822  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.57 mag, RP = 10.63 mag, BP = 11.56 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.73 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 8.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.7 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2000 arcs/min @ PA = 193 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9790 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 118° (sunlit = 67%), Sun = 130°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.4 mas = 2 km = 0.61 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 3.53 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#40
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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