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Stellar Occultation by (432) Pythia on 2024-09-18 (03:19:56 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] : 71ea4670-85ad-11ef-78cd-6dee77b77ee3 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-09-18 at 03:19:56 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (432) Pythia
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2457995459786373120
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 27 25.9585, DE = -12 17 12.602  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.31 mag, RP = 11.92 mag, BP = 12.54 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.57 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 0.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 47 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 27° (sunlit = 100%), Sun = 152°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.0 mas = 2 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 mas, dup.src = 1  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#108

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


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