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Stellar Occultation by (24980) 1998 KF2 on 2025-10-02 (23:25:54 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] : 8a519a10-ddb8-11f0-547e-39d5efffb0d9 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-10-02 at 23:25:54 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (24980) 1998 KF2
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2495587075144452224
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 43 24.6341, DE = -03 07 43.598  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.77 mag, RP = 11.33 mag, BP = 12.04 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.31 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.7 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 8 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.7100 arcs/min @ PA = 294 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 8.4770 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 82° (sunlit = 79%), Sun = 148°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.3 mas = 1 km = 0.30 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.03 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL56
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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