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Stellar Occultation by (4194) Sweitzer on 2023-12-23 (01:07:53 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] : c1f12327-ca42-48da-98e7-207da6feba48 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-12-23 at 01:07:53 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4194) Sweitzer
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3353030081214678016
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 55 01.2883, DE = +12 47 15.674  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 9.53 mag, RP = 8.75 mag, BP = 10.18 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.98 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 18.4 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.0 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 62° (sunlit = 83%), Sun = 164°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.85 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#60

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


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