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Stellar Occultation by (241884) 2001 VB34 on 2024-07-04 (01:50:48 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] : eccdfde0-ddb4-11f0-547e-3a99fbdb8124 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-07-04 at 01:50:48 UT +/- 0.03 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (241884) 2001 VB34
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6906539207062192384
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 20 39 17.5712, DE = -08 05 13.883  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.33 mag, RP = 10.95 mag, BP = 11.55 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 20.3 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 9.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.3 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 9.3 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 2.3 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3900 arcs/min @ PA = 277 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 4.4520 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 127° (sunlit = 4%), Sun = 151°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.7 mas = 5 km = 2.30 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 2.09 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL39
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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