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Stellar Occultation by (4086) Podalirius on 2026-04-19 (01:29:55 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] : 6c408330-3419-11f1-6999-42c0f8d646b5 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-04-19 at 01:29:55 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4086) Podalirius
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3731871180547264256
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 13 22 22.8904, DE = +08 49 27.565  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.5 mag, RP = 11.96 mag, BP = 12.88 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.82 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 18.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 86.9 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 25 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3167 arcs/min @ PA = 277 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 1.8260 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : JTRO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 139° (sunlit = 4%), Sun = 159°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 6.0 mas = 20 km = 0.24 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.09 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#65
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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