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Stellar Occultation by (203857) 2002 VF126 on 2025-11-13 (02:38:57 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] : bbd5d740-ddb8-11f0-547e-e542fffd52f6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-11-13 at 02:38:57 UT +/- 0.02 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (203857) 2002 VF126
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0164754949771170944
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 14 06.6553, DE = +28 39 42.342  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.82 mag, RP = 10.88 mag, BP = 12.73 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.62 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.7 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4817 arcs/min @ PA = 245 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.0940 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 85° (sunlit = 41%), Sun = 163°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.24 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.52 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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