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Stellar Occultation by (38556) 1999 VP87 on 2025-04-19 (23:09:51 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] : 7e36c3b0-ddb6-11f0-547e-e60dfbff428a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-04-19 at 23:09:51 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (38556) 1999 VP87
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3639717503251136512
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 14 22 00.4945, DE = -06 55 18.822  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.0 mag, RP = 12.94 mag, BP = 13.03 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.28 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4883 arcs/min @ PA = 298 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.6930 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 72° (sunlit = 62%), Sun = 171°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.25 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.2 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#55
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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