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Stellar Occultation by (128231) 2003 SH140 on 2024-08-06 (22:55:14 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] : 88d93bc0-c351-11ef-5276-9e473fcff882 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-08-06 at 22:55:14 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (128231) 2003 SH140
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6900003400707942400
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 38 47.8682, DE = -12 30 14.084  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.7 mag, RP = 13.15 mag, BP = 14.07 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.64 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 145° (sunlit = 6%), Sun = 172°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.3 mas = 3 km = 0.80 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#34

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


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