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Stellar Occultation by (3550) Link on 2026-09-24 (04:55:42 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] : 82cfc7d0-d9b1-11f1-43f3-324f7b3ebfeb [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-09-24 at 04:55:42 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3550) Link
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3397200250738273536
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 27 45.5449, DE = +16 54 27.894  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.03 mag, RP = 14.39 mag, BP = 15.49 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.87 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 13.9 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 9 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4900 arcs/min @ PA = 78 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9100 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 111° (sunlit = 93%), Sun = 99°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.3 mas = 2 km = 0.15 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.95 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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