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Stellar Occultation by (8007) 1988 RU6 on 2026-07-27 (00:33:12 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] : 7ac434f0-d9ab-11f1-43f3-1289f77d9eac [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-07-27 at 00:33:12 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (8007) 1988 RU6
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4083985445719906944
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 12 00.1837, DE = -19 19 16.454  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.07 mag, RP = 11.07 mag, BP = 13.1 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.16 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4733 arcs/min @ PA = 260 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 6.0340 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 14° (sunlit = 94%), Sun = 163°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.13 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.93 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL52
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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