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Stellar Occultation by (500) Selinur on 2024-11-02 (20:40:45 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] : c22c8610-827f-11ef-6618-996978a96560 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-11-02 at 20:40:45 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (500) Selinur
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0300383797865386240
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 08 09.6765, DE = +30 02 08.285  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.62 mag, RP = 11.11 mag, BP = 11.96 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 12.42 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.7 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 44 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.4 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 161° (sunlit = 2%), Sun = 164°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.7 mas = 1 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#83

 Object is a <Gaia mass determination> target !

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


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