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Stellar Occultation by (14889) 1991 VX2 on 2025-10-06 (21:28:52 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] : 849ae4f0-ddb8-11f0-547e-8717da331b86 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-10-06 at 21:28:52 UT +/- 0.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (14889) 1991 VX2
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0067397661899450112
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 52 37.1934, DE = +26 14 17.343  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.01 mag, RP = 12.24 mag, BP = 13.59 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.53 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 2.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 8.7 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.1083 arcs/min @ PA = 288 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4460 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 51° (sunlit = 100%), Sun = 132°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 4 km = 0.49 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 15.62 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL65
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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