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Stellar Occultation by (15373) 1996 WV1 on 2026-07-06 (21:29:08 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] : a9396f50-d9a9-11f1-43f3-fb859d3bc0ca [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-07-06 at 21:29:08 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (15373) 1996 WV1
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6906105965120562432
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 24 37.8445, DE = -08 04 48.482  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.95 mag, RP = 13.3 mag, BP = 14.45 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.18 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.2 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 8.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3367 arcs/min @ PA = 265 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.7090 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 57° (sunlit = 60%), Sun = 156°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 4 km = 0.47 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL52
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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