CORA test instance — changes here do not update the production service.
Collaborative Occultation
Resources and Archive
Occultations | Call for Observation | Observations | Reports | Info + Credits | JOA | Login

2024-12-20 / UCAC4 486-015031 / (109200) 2001 QA78

#OBSObserverOccMeth.Instr.CC TSRCUT1UT2UT3UT4UT2EUT3EDur.Chrd
1 show Carles Schnabel O+ VID M400 ES GPS 21:10:37 21:12:45.07 21:12:45.29 21:14:43 0.02 0.02 0.22 2.3
UT1/UT4: Begin/End of observation | UT2/UT3: Begin/End of occultation | Dur: Reported duration in seconds | Chrd: Corresponding chord length in km | More

1 observation found in db: sodis

Available (probably) matching predictions (click on the link to switch):

JPL#46 : c3ba7040-ddb5-11f0-547e-e20d4fbe5433 [db: observed]
Using prediction c3ba7040-ddb5-11f0-547e-e20d4fbe5433 for map and profile fit
Get observations as KML file (reduced site location resolution)


Map with groundtrack and observer stations
Event Details
Occultation UUID [and DB] : c3ba7040-ddb5-11f0-547e-e20d4fbe5433 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-12-20 at 21:09:30 UT +/- 0.0 min [1] Object Designation : (109200) 2001 QA78 Orbit Class : MBA Star Designation : GDR3 3322861925987967232 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 05 52 59.5585, DE = +07 11 00.426 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 11.52 mag, RP = 10.73 mag, BP = 12.19 mag Object Magnitude : V = 17.94 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 6.4 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.4 sec Object Mean Diameter : 3.8 km (src: astorb) Speed of the shadow : 10.3 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 70° (sunlit = 69%), Sun = 164° Cross-track uncertainty : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.19 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.89 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#46 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)

Aladin Sky Atlas
Loading sky atlas…

Aladin Lite direct link (has Gaia overlay)