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Stellar Occultation by (44496) 1998 XM5 on 2023-07-06 (22:22:15 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] : c3a09190-ddb3-11f0-547e-6673b7fd0569 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-07-06 at 22:22:15 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (44496) 1998 XM5
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4159901294779897088
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 30 17.5317, DE = -06 59 37.565  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.14 mag, RP = 11.52 mag, BP = 17.78 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.12 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 5.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 4 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4967 arcs/min @ PA = 253 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9190 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 58° (sunlit = 83%), Sun = 162°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.16 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.07 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL62
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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