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Stellar Occultation by (1529) Oterma on 2024-12-18 (18:37:59 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] : 98abeb50-874d-11ef-78cd-b0a68f6e4fbd [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-18 at 18:37:59 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (1529) Oterma
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0037135872086724224
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 51 32.4293, DE = +13 01 36.943  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.64 mag, RP = 13.67 mag, BP = 15.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.0 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.6 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 35 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 73° (sunlit = 87%), Sun = 150°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.0 mas = 3 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.38 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#56

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


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