Collaborative Occultation
Resources and Archive
CORA
Occultations | Observations | Reports | Info + Credits | JOA | Admin | Login

Stellar Occultation by (863) Benkoela on 2024-12-29 (19:20:43 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] : d6abd590-ddb5-11f0-547e-bbc7fdff36c5 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-29 at 19:20:43 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (863) Benkoela
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3206038678096338816
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 04 31 36.1258, DE = -01 56 25.599  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.48 mag, RP = 11.08 mag, BP = 11.74 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 14.29 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.9 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.8 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 27.1 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 15 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4967 arcs/min @ PA = 307 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.5880 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 146° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 140°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.75 mas, dup.src = 1  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL78
 Note                      : FP:true

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


More Data and Informations
SiMDA | 3D Asteroid Catalogue | Johnston Archive | Star at CDS (Vizier) | JPL Small-Body Node | Minor Planet Center | Wikipedia
(If error 404: link not valid which means no data available)


Interactive map

Download KMZ file

Aladin Sky Atlas
Loading sky atlas…
Aladin Lite direct link (has Gaia overlay)