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Stellar Occultation by (3633) Mira on 2023-09-14 (18:18:37 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] : b3bc3456-ccaa-481f-a9e2-8f7253f9001b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-09-14 at 18:18:37 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (3633) Mira
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4086311260748989696
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 47 48.0172, DE = -18 56 20.049  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.98 mag, RP = 20.56 mag, BP = 21.77 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.42 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.6 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 113° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 110°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 5.3 mas = 7 km = 1.34 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.03 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#53

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


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