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Stellar Occultation by (16662) 1993 VU1 on 2024-11-11 (20:56:51 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] : a2af6c70-ddb5-11f0-547e-ca139b165d5b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-11 at 20:56:51 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (16662) 1993 VU1
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3373917709767552640
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 18 56.2487, DE = +19 02 09.977  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.62 mag, RP = 9.56 mag, BP = 11.79 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.37 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2717 arcs/min @ PA = 232 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.3320 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 100° (sunlit = 78%), Sun = 135°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.23 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL55
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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