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Stellar Occultation by (8330) Fitzroy on 2024-11-17 (22:14:45 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] : a5eb3680-ddb5-11f0-547e-733fc8cf2566 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-17 at 22:14:45 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (8330) Fitzroy
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2588131594464768000
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 50 01.6704, DE = +14 41 40.539  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.35 mag, RP = 13.84 mag, BP = 14.69 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.8 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 10.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3917 arcs/min @ PA = 252 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.4440 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 53° (sunlit = 94%), Sun = 155°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.17 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.94 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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