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Stellar Occultation by (244463) 2002 RM178 on 2025-11-17 (23:26:31 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] : b9a47850-ddb8-11f0-547e-68e71a6bd834 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-11-17 at 23:26:31 UT +/- 0.1 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (244463) 2002 RM178
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2476924411451108352
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 01 06 32.0051, DE = -05 21 02.570  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.77 mag, RP = 13.12 mag, BP = 14.27 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.22 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.6 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 6.0 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2083 arcs/min @ PA = 260 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.7080 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 157° (sunlit = 5%), Sun = 136°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 16.3 mas = 28 km = 8.50 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.09 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#39
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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