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Stellar Occultation by (132971) 2002 TM143 on 2023-04-04 (01:52:25 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] : 813739d0-ddb3-11f0-547e-e8a2f7bf7605 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-04-04 at 01:52:25 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (132971) 2002 TM143
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6242932640611228928
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 16 09 23.8752, DE = -21 53 51.966  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.14 mag, RP = 13.41 mag, BP = 14.72 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.31 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.1883 arcs/min @ PA = 231 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.2230 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 75° (sunlit = 96%), Sun = 130°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 2 km = 0.64 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.07 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL41
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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