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Stellar Occultation by (937) Bethgea on 2023-07-02 (22:38:51 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] : c1679180-ddb3-11f0-547e-3eaadbdaaeea [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-07-02 at 22:38:51 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (937) Bethgea
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6248321690697261696
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 15 56 02.2231, DE = -18 15 34.085  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 8.6 mag, RP = 7.87 mag, BP = 9.18 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.26 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 11.0 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 2.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 27.5 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 38 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.2083 arcs/min @ PA = 307 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 8.8270 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 33° (sunlit = 100%), Sun = 140°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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