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Stellar Occultation by (89363) 2001 VC81 on 2023-04-02 (19:40:14 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] : 80970230-ddb3-11f0-547e-8d5cfdb2df4a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-04-02 at 19:40:14 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (89363) 2001 VC81
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0897798454360249728
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 13 13.6750, DE = +36 21 16.147  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.43 mag, RP = 10.92 mag, BP = 11.78 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.3 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 16.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.8033 arcs/min @ PA = 106 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.0500 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 49° (sunlit = 89%), Sun = 92°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.08 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.84 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL50
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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