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Stellar Occultation by (4337) Arecibo on 2024-12-21 (03:15:51 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] : c8d7f2a0-ddb5-11f0-547e-6e8d7e0d64cd [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-21 at 03:15:51 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4337) Arecibo
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0870896776380784896
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 19 07.2090, DE = +24 52 42.433  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.78 mag, RP = 12.85 mag, BP = 14.47 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.52 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.1 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 11.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4367 arcs/min @ PA = 281 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.5380 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 52° (sunlit = 67%), Sun = 162°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.2 mas = 2 km = 0.19 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 5.01 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL65
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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