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Stellar Occultation by (1506) Xosa on 2026-09-28 (18:33:23 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] : 7f2c1ec0-d9b2-11f1-43f3-59f1dff52b58 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-09-28 at 18:33:23 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1506) Xosa
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2815890514716004096
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 22 58 27.7221, DE = +13 33 40.426  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.49 mag, RP = 10.03 mag, BP = 10.8 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.12 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 12.9 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 14 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5917 arcs/min @ PA = 215 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 6.7220 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 42° (sunlit = 95%), Sun = 157°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 0 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.09 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL71
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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