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Stellar Occultation by (159126) 2004 VT64 on 2025-10-01 (01:14:55 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] : 7c369c00-ddb8-11f0-547e-27bf1d7b98e6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-10-01 at 01:14:55 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (159126) 2004 VT64
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2502670781885662080
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 38 23.4789, DE = +02 16 39.221  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.58 mag, RP = 10.91 mag, BP = 12.09 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.64 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 8.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3467 arcs/min @ PA = 253 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4710 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 106° (sunlit = 60%), Sun = 148°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.0 mas = 7 km = 2.30 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#37
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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