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Stellar Occultation by (2352) Kurchatov on 2023-07-09 (23:07:04 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] : c922a220-ddb3-11f0-547e-ca84f4f69dce [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2023-07-09 at 23:07:04 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2352) Kurchatov
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4256136604060273280
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 34 08.7336, DE = -05 56 18.929  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 13.65 mag, RP = 13.03 mag, BP = 14.1 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.98 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.4 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 11.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 16.0 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 11 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4983 arcs/min @ PA = 277 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4610 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 97° (sunlit = 51%), Sun = 161°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.3 mas = 0 km = 0.03 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#131
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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