Collaborative Occultation Resources and Archive (CORA)

Occultations | Observations | Reports | Info + Credits | JOA | Admin | Login

Stellar Occultation by (169392) 2001 VA65 on 2024-12-22 (20:45:53 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] : 86e43e00-c35b-11ef-5276-874e9cfeb858 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-22 at 20:45:53 UT +/- 0.1 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (169392) 2001 VA65
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3457874841412377728
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 55 10.3546, DE = +38 47 42.860  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.35 mag, RP = 10.54 mag, BP = 12.04 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.49 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.4 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 92° (sunlit = 51%), Sun = 164°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 30.3 mas = 35 km = 10.14 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#32

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


More Data and Informations
SiMDA | 3D Asteroid Catalogue | Johnston Archive | Star at CDS (Vizier) | JPL Small-Body Node | Minor Planet Center | Wikipedia
(If error 404: link not valid which means no data available)


Interactive map



Aladin Sky Atlas
Aladin Lite direct link (has Gaia overlay)