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Stellar Occultation by (166727) 2002 TQ246 on 2024-11-18 (00:25:31 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] : a6712f60-ddb5-11f0-547e-43657bfcba52 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-18 at 00:25:31 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (166727) 2002 TQ246
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3228974834249768448
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 03 46.0001, DE = +01 43 48.602  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.24 mag, RP = 10.57 mag, BP = 11.74 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.49 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.9 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.7050 arcs/min @ PA = 217 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.3990 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 28° (sunlit = 94%), Sun = 152°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.30 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#40
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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