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Stellar Occultation by (140971) 2001 VY118 on 2024-12-31 (19:23:18 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] : e4bee460-ddb5-11f0-547e-bbdef7bb0fa1 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-31 at 19:23:18 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (140971) 2001 VY118
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0884092152863115264
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 04 56.7079, DE = +27 36 36.073  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.72 mag, RP = 10.33 mag, BP = 10.95 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 19.8 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 9.1 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.2 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 13.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2.9 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.5150 arcs/min @ PA = 278 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.0030 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 173° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 174°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 2.0 mas = 3 km = 1.10 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL32
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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