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Stellar Occultation by (8546) Kenmotsu on 2025-09-17 (18:55:19 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] : 80ba2850-ddb8-11f0-547e-3f3dd999613a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-17 at 18:55:19 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (8546) Kenmotsu
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4084525069720527360
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 17 02.8544, DE = -18 18 29.123  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.05 mag, RP = 12.17 mag, BP = 13.87 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.19 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2417 arcs/min @ PA = 86 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.5350 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 159° (sunlit = 16%), Sun = 113°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.2 mas = 0 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.9 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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