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Stellar Occultation by (44456) Vidal-Madjar on 2025-10-21 (01:37:06 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] : 9769f530-ddb8-11f0-547e-06adfbedc57c [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-10-21 at 01:37:06 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (44456) Vidal-Madjar
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3422750736305778432
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 00 29.1384, DE = +19 49 23.001  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.89 mag, RP = 12.37 mag, BP = 13.24 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.33 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 4.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.1567 arcs/min @ PA = 146 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.7200 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 113° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 118°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.24 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#50
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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