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Stellar Occultation by (58500) 1996 VU1 on 2025-09-24 (19:14:36 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] : 731592c0-ddb8-11f0-547e-607deffbbd41 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-24 at 19:14:36 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (58500) 1996 VU1
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4077281895125083776
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 26 20.3004, DE = -24 20 11.019  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.26 mag, RP = 11.45 mag, BP = 12.97 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.51 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 8.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4650 arcs/min @ PA = 85 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.4080 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 61° (sunlit = 8%), Sun = 94°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 2 km = 0.76 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.71 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL34
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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