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Stellar Occultation by (2248) Kanda on 2025-04-16 (22:11:47 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] : d2d2fed0-8802-11ef-78cd-398a75fa24e4 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-04-16 at 22:11:47 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (2248) Kanda
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3381213351670512768
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 06 51 04.6524, DE = +24 29 07.755  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.93 mag, RP = 12.33 mag, BP = 13.35 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.11 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.1 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 25.1 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 23.6 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 148° (sunlit = 87%), Sun = 74°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.5 mas = 1 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.83 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#63

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


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