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Stellar Occultation by (206230) 2002 VP118 on 2024-11-17 (00:36:18 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] : 9cc0a030-c359-11ef-5276-7114fdcb902f [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-17 at 00:36:18 UT +/- 0.21 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (206230) 2002 VP118
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3446275917155868288
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 33 18.8486, DE = +30 28 42.480  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.73 mag, RP = 12.02 mag, BP = 13.29 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.86 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 14° (sunlit = 98%), Sun = 150°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 34.7 mas = 32 km = 13.70 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#25

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


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