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Stellar Occultation by (78061) 2002 KV5 on 2025-09-23 (20:37:25 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] : b45bee50-ddb8-11f0-547e-cc6e7bf7344f [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-23 at 20:37:25 UT +/- 0.04 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (78061) 2002 KV5
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0291909758670574336
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 32 26.8023, DE = +24 15 43.600  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.93 mag, RP = 10.43 mag, BP = 11.25 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.58 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.8 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 4.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.7 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3350 arcs/min @ PA = 256 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 7.6440 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 168° (sunlit = 4%), Sun = 148°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.7 mas = 3 km = 0.83 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.63 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#46
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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