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Stellar Occultation by (6071) Sakitama on 2025-09-14 (18:52:27 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] : c087eda0-ddb8-11f0-547e-d0a5deed1c88 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-09-14 at 18:52:27 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (6071) Sakitama
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4181026800106509056
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 24 05.0653, DE = -15 49 25.744  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.55 mag, RP = 13.13 mag, BP = 13.82 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.3 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 2.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 5.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 11.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 7 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2133 arcs/min @ PA = 153 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9540 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 154° (sunlit = 46%), Sun = 118°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.97 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL68
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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