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Stellar Occultation by (11569) Virgilsmith on 2026-04-22 (01:33:30 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] : a1a0bf10-343a-11f1-6999-06686f6b2302 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-04-22 at 01:33:30 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (11569) Virgilsmith
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4274854518219980928
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 11 38.8500, DE = +00 01 23.963  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.1 mag, RP = 13.14 mag, BP = 15.05 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.72 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 12.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 9 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4367 arcs/min @ PA = 29 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4010 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 152° (sunlit = 27%), Sun = 116°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.1 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#67
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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