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Stellar Occultation by (78998) 2504 P-L on 2023-10-10 (19:59:09 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] : ac144b9e-e545-4826-ac8f-394c3ade5c1d [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-10-10 at 19:59:09 UT +/- 0.04 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (78998) 2504 P-L
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2586612378632792576
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 21 29.2729, DE = +12 30 36.844  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.07 mag, RP = 12.45 mag, BP = 13.53 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.38 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 4.0 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 130° (sunlit = 14%), Sun = 173°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 14.7 mas = 18 km = 4.65 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.91 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#35

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


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