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Stellar Occultation by (26977) 1997 US3 on 2024-10-27 (05:43:40 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] : 937765a0-ddb5-11f0-547e-65f659dcd71e [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-10-27 at 05:43:40 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (26977) 1997 US3
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3349132557308099456
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 08 38.2552, DE = +16 27 11.796  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.68 mag, RP = 19.59 mag, BP = 20.3 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.25 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3500 arcs/min @ PA = 160 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.3990 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 65° (sunlit = 23%), Sun = 122°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 6.4 mas = 7 km = 1.02 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 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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