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Stellar Occultation by (2696) Magion on 2023-08-18 (22:04:43 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] : 73e6b8de-f291-435b-8b6a-0eef1ba0c39b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-08-18 at 22:04:43 UT +/- 0.13 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2696) Magion
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4481914788476327680
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 18 32.8622, DE = +09 55 25.374  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.29 mag, RP = 13.71 mag, BP = 14.7 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.96 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 20.2 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 99° (sunlit = 6%), Sun = 122°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.97 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#55

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


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