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Stellar Occultation by (5833) Peterson on 2025-08-10 (00:05:17 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] : 91141d10-8a61-11ef-78cd-5b52ffef9e7e [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-08-10 at 00:05:17 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (5833) Peterson
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0142998191638124160
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 55 03.2446, DE = +37 23 15.447  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.82 mag, RP = 11.15 mag, BP = 12.34 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.45 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.0 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 18.9 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 19.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 87° (sunlit = 99%), Sun = 86°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#58

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


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