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Stellar Occultation by (916) America on 2024-12-15 (21:23:42 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] : bcebbb70-ddb5-11f0-547e-a3baffef999b [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-15 at 21:23:42 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (916) America
 Star Designation          : GDR3 2621011282811820416
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 22 08 32.6188, DE = -05 20 12.066  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.29 mag, RP = 10.57 mag, BP = 11.86 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.55 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.3 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 31.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 33.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 24 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 1.3683 arcs/min @ PA = 65 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.5670 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 118° (sunlit = 100%), Sun = 68°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.16 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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