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Stellar Occultation by (84522) 2002 TC302 on 2025-03-29 (19:45:16 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] : d2971b70-d2a1-11ee-7567-52e1b7f54e33 [cetnos]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-03-29 at 19:45:16 UT +/- 0.59 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (84522) 2002 TC302
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0140498177074706432
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 02 52 52.0720, DE = +35 33 52.472  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 15.86 mag, RP = 14.69 mag, BP = 17.28 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.44 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 21.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 564.3 km  (src: CORA+astorb)
 Orbital Class             : TNO
 Speed of the shadow       : 26.2 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 40° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 45°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 31.3 mas = 993 km = 1.76 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.98 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#30 (24-02-23)

 Object is a <TNOs are Cool> target !

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


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