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Stellar Occultation by (1520) Imatra on 2026-09-05 (01:36:15 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] : 738905e0-d9af-11f1-43f3-9da5db7f195a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-09-05 at 01:36:15 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1520) Imatra
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3428126141276714496
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 53 05.6099, DE = +24 31 06.316  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.78 mag, RP = 13.28 mag, BP = 14.11 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.29 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 24.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 53.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 24 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6533 arcs/min @ PA = 100 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.8890 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 7° (sunlit = 42%), Sun = 74°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL85
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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