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Stellar Occultation by (8481) 1988 LH on 2025-09-16 (21:32:00 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] : 6f953b10-ddb7-11f0-547e-901a979fc81b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-16 at 21:32:00 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (8481) 1988 LH
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4095733559985246976
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 13 23.4777, DE = -17 44 49.192  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.5 mag, RP = 12.59 mag, BP = 14.33 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.7 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4317 arcs/min @ PA = 94 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.4350 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 156° (sunlit = 24%), Sun = 99°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.81 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL61
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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