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Stellar Occultation by (6860) Sims on 2020-09-11 (19:50:27 UT)



Event Details
 Occultation UUID [and db] : dd443a15-7ed7-4fb6-966a-3cc5ca9547d6 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2020-09-11 at 19:50:27 UT +/- 0.06 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (6860) Sims
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4078933327229691776
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 47 01.2712, DE = -22 09 38.657  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.88 mag, RP = 12.04 mag, BP = 13.61 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.35 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 6.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 1.5 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 4.7 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 175° (sunlit = 36%), Sun = 111°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 6 km = 0.93 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.86 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#37

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


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