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Stellar Occultation by (25540) 1999 XQ159 on 2024-10-30 (01:03:01 UT)

Stellar Occultation by (25540) 1999 XQ159 on 2024-10-30 (01:03:01 UT)https://astro.kretlow.de/cora/occultations/9e7bda30-c358-11ef-5276-2c7cb9ff3166

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] : 9e7bda30-c358-11ef-5276-2c7cb9ff3166 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-10-30 at 01:03:01 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (25540) 1999 XQ159
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3361597858074284672
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 09 43.2018, DE = +18 14 00.796  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.86 mag, RP = 10.12 mag, BP = 11.47 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.52 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.8 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 83° (sunlit = 5%), Sun = 110°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.08 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#53

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


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Occ by (25540) 1999 XQ159 on 2024-10-30
Star = 10.86 G, Drop = 7.65 mag, Dur = 0.76 sec
RA = 07 09 43.2018, DE = +18 14 00.796 (t0)
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2000 km



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