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Stellar Occultation by (4867) Polites on 2025-11-05 (23:11:22 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] : ac339cf0-ddb8-11f0-547e-b45ae7fa9831 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-11-05 at 23:11:22 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4867) Polites
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0353316074334852480
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 08 44.6903, DE = +46 45 36.053  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.57 mag, RP = 13.98 mag, BP = 15.0 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.2 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 17.4 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 35.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 11 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3283 arcs/min @ PA = 255 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.0050 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : JTRO
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 27° (sunlit = 100%), Sun = 148°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 4.7 mas = 14 km = 0.42 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.96 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#65
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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