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Stellar Occultation by (21594) 1998 VP31 on 2024-07-08 (21:57:34 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] : f3fd9760-ddb4-11f0-547e-9740fdcf8e70 [observed]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-07-08 at 21:57:34 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (21594) 1998 VP31
 Star Designation          : GDR3 4152324422717856384
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 18 21 56.1624, DE = -14 20 42.019  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.63 mag, RP = 12.23 mag, BP = 12.86 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.21 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 7.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 7.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 8 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.4983 arcs/min @ PA = 279 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 6.8510 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 132° (sunlit = 9%), Sun = 165°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.09 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.86 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#64
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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