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Stellar Occultation by (51826) Kalpanachawla on 2024-10-20 (02:10:56 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] : 8924e140-ddb5-11f0-547e-d34f5fdb562a [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-10-20 at 02:10:56 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (51826) Kalpanachawla
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3451511138692477312
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 01 34.1197, DE = +33 41 06.608  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.88 mag, RP = 11.19 mag, BP = 12.43 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.11 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.8 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2400 arcs/min @ PA = 35 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9480 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 27° (sunlit = 90%), Sun = 116°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.23 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.26 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#52
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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