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Stellar Occultation by (24990) 1998 MA26 on 2025-12-29 (22:53:28 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] : ebd48010-d996-11f1-43f3-b229eaf947f5 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2025-12-29 at 22:53:28 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (24990) 1998 MA26
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3429147003467162624
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 05 50 02.6078, DE = +25 50 38.554  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.9 mag, RP = 10.11 mag, BP = 10.62 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 18.37 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 7.5 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.5 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 3.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.6700 arcs/min @ PA = 263 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 5.7020 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 51° (sunlit = 74%), Sun = 169°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.14 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.08 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL48
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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