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Stellar Occultation by (5885) Apeldoorn on 2024-12-30 (18:58:04 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] : fb973c50-8a64-11ef-78cd-6a76ff7f913f [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2024-12-30 at 18:58:04 UT +/- 0.0 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (5885) Apeldoorn
 Star Designation          : GDR3 3168394561057573888
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 07 29 58.2104, DE = +15 16 02.579  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 14.83 mag, RP = 14.27 mag, BP = 15.22 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 16.91 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 2.2 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 0.9 sec
 Object Mean Diameter      : 12 km  (src: astorb)
 Orbital Class             : MBA
 Speed of the shadow       : 12.9 km/s
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 162° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 166°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.05 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 0.96 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#59

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


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