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Stellar Occultation by (73440) 2002 ML3 on 2024-09-01 (18:53:57 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] : 6e51f790-ddb5-11f0-547e-fc47cfaf292c [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-01 at 18:53:57 UT +/- 0.04 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (73440) 2002 ML3
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4321759100145554176
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 29 47.7190, DE = +16 41 43.064  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.94 mag, RP = 11.46 mag, BP = 16.11 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.93 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4667 arcs/min @ PA = 188 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.6370 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 131° (sunlit = 2%), Sun = 126°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.4 mas = 1 km = 0.31 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.09 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL51
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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