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Stellar Occultation by (9568) 1988 AX4 on 2025-12-08 (20:26:10 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] : d1017520-ddb8-11f0-547e-c54e55fdcfea [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-12-08 at 20:26:10 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (9568) 1988 AX4
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3343696395726019968
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 58 20.9387, DE = +13 12 27.625  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.59 mag, RP = 12.38 mag, BP = 12.7 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.42 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.8 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 10.9 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 5.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6167 arcs/min @ PA = 266 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.9870 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 43° (sunlit = 80%), Sun = 164°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.5 mas = 0 km = 0.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.9 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL66
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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