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Stellar Occultation by (119951) 2002 KX14 on 2026-08-07 (21:52:20 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] : 8607a130-f933-11ef-4809-86a9eef8c168 [cetnos]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-08-07 at 21:52:20 UT +/- 2.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (119951) 2002 KX14
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4069300059185143296
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 17 58 00.1299, DE = -23 33 11.240  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.04 mag, RP = 14.15 mag, BP = 15.8 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.7 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 25.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 15.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 392.2 km  (src: CORA+astorb) => apparent = 14 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.0333 arcs/min @ PA = 270 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 0.2320 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : TNO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 159° (sunlit = 30%), Sun = 134°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 45.0 mas = 1237 km = 3.15 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.9 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL18

 Object is a <TNOs are Cool> target !

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


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