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Stellar Occultation by (416) Vaticana on 2025-09-14 (03:44:13 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] : 6d7a7160-ddb7-11f0-547e-af53fff3e7d0 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-14 at 03:44:13 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (416) Vaticana
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0645574992368987776
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 09 29 02.2295, DE = +24 55 52.537  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.23 mag, RP = 13.54 mag, BP = 14.77 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.77 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 40.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 85.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 30 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.8583 arcs/min @ PA = 104 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.2710 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 58° (sunlit = 53%), Sun = 36°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 3 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.94 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL142
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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