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Stellar Occultation by (558) Carmen on 2025-04-21 (04:00:02 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] : af604f90-85ee-11ef-78cd-6b59b91f0fe3 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-04-21 at 04:00:02 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (558) Carmen
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4396120136672633728
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 15 52 00.6351, DE = -07 47 29.315  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.96 mag, RP = 12.48 mag, BP = 13.28 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 13.62 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 6.0 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 59.3 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.8 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 67° (sunlit = 49%), Sun = 151°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.87 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#74

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


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