Collaborative Occultation
Resources and Archive
CORA
Occultations | Observations | Reports | Info + Credits | JOA | Admin | Login

Stellar Occultation by (471) Papagena on 2026-02-20 (17:33:54 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] : ff3f5420-de6c-11f0-4858-a3635fff12f6 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-02-20 at 17:33:54 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (471) Papagena
 Star Designation          : GDR3 0056596295887912960
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 03 30 37.7017, DE = +17 50 07.565  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 10.3 mag, RP = 9.61 mag, BP = 10.84 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 10.77 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 1.0 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 5.7 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 23.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 134.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 83 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.8800 arcs/min @ PA = 62 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.9410 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 42° (sunlit = 12%), Sun = 83°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 3.0 mas = 4 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.22 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#140
 Note                      : FP:true

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


More Data and Informations
SiMDA | 3D Asteroid Catalogue | Johnston Archive | Star at CDS (Vizier) | JPL Small-Body Node | Minor Planet Center | Wikipedia
(If error 404: link not valid which means no data available)


Interactive map

Download KMZ file

Aladin Sky Atlas
Aladin Lite direct link (has Gaia overlay)