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Stellar Occultation by (24882) 1996 RK30 on 2025-02-19 (21:28:29 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] : 6d700910-8b78-11ef-78cd-f31699f4a5d2 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-02-19 at 21:28:29 UT +/- 0.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (24882) 1996 RK30
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0661896452210358784
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 08 48 26.4713, DE = +20 58 52.087  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.69 mag, RP = 13.21 mag, BP = 14.0 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.54 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 15.8 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : JTRO
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.5 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 104° (sunlit = 58%), Sun = 157°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 6.7 mas = 19 km = 1.23 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.91 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#46

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


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