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Stellar Occultation by (78732) 2002 TH242 on 2024-11-30 (22:13:36 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] : afdfbc60-ddb5-11f0-547e-551bf7ef388c [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-30 at 22:13:36 UT +/- 0.05 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (78732) 2002 TH242
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3415917099739315200
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 13 46.8582, DE = +23 51 40.872  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.32 mag, RP = 12.31 mag, BP = 14.39 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.66 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.6 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.7 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5883 arcs/min @ PA = 288 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.9430 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 165° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 170°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 21.7 mas = 28 km = 7.57 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#48
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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