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Stellar Occultation by (408) Fama on 2026-03-29 (21:22:22 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] : b8798010-de6c-11f0-4858-2eb5de5ffc0c [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-03-29 at 21:22:22 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (408) Fama
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3428827565274337408
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 44 22.0318, DE = +25 05 26.371  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.1 mag, RP = 13.58 mag, BP = 14.44 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.0 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 23.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 40.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 19 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6733 arcs/min @ PA = 97 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.0030 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 65° (sunlit = 89%), Sun = 77°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#79
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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