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Stellar Occultation by (6000) United Nations on 2026-04-29 (21:05:57 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] : 8d571a90-342b-11f1-6999-cde6f9fb52ec [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-04-29 at 21:05:57 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (6000) United Nations
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3451587348593346560
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 02 51.3589, DE = +33 34 16.243  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.68 mag, RP = 11.75 mag, BP = 13.56 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.63 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 36.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 12.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.9600 arcs/min @ PA = 91 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.8350 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 108° (sunlit = 97%), Sun = 52°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#76
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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