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Stellar Occultation by (8657) Cedrus on 2025-11-29 (18:40:51 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] : c8e77ba0-ddb8-11f0-547e-e35affff8793 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-11-29 at 18:40:51 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (8657) Cedrus
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3429305096917507456
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 43 52.1626, DE = +26 01 21.449  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.1 mag, RP = 12.61 mag, BP = 13.43 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.44 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 6.8 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4833 arcs/min @ PA = 270 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.9910 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 90° (sunlit = 66%), Sun = 161°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.06 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL96
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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