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Stellar Occultation by (31078) 1996 XJ5 on 2023-07-01 (21:23:49 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] : c0dfc3e0-ddb3-11f0-547e-d56bfd97ef94 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-07-01 at 21:23:49 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (31078) 1996 XJ5
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4066338181016102144
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 14 37.4093, DE = -23 45 07.526  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.84 mag, RP = 10.45 mag, BP = 14.26 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.51 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.4 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5950 arcs/min @ PA = 295 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 6.3850 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 16° (sunlit = 96%), Sun = 174°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.8 mas = 0 km = 0.12 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.74 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL56
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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