Cora»Occultation

2025-09-30 / UCAC4 480-033815 / (55638) 2002 VE95

#	OBS	Observer	Occ	Meth.	Instr.	CC	TSRC	UT1	UT2	UT3	UT4	UT2E	UT3E	Dur.	Chrd
1	show	Deborah Smith	O-	VID	M200	ES	GPS	02:30:02	::	::	02:34:02

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1 observation found in db: sodis

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JPL#22 : 797c8510-ddb8-11f0-547e-05eeffc741b1 [db: observed]

JPL#20 (24-02-23) : f025bf30-d2a0-11ee-7567-5082ffcdc5a3 [db: cetnos]

JPL#21 : 3a17b370-58c8-11ef-4849-fef999f61dcb [db: cetnos]

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Event Details
Occultation UUID [and DB] : 3a17b370-58c8-11ef-4849-fef999f61dcb [cetnos] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-09-30 at 02:38:53 UT +/- 6.71 min [1] Object Designation : (55638) 2002 VE95 Orbit Class : TNO Star Designation : GDR3 3141063656928383488 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 07 14 59.8782, DE = +05 58 15.767 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 14.63 mag, RP = 13.87 mag, BP = 14.71 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.82 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 6.2 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 18.4 sec Object Mean Diameter : 261.5 km (src: CORA+astorb) Speed of the shadow : 14.2 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 156° (sunlit = 51%), Sun = 78° Cross-track uncertainty : 53.3 mas = 1231 km = 4.71 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 3.86 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#21 Object is a "TNOs are cool" target ! [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

Event Details

Occultation UUID [and DB] : 3a17b370-58c8-11ef-4849-fef999f61dcb [cetnos] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-09-30 at 02:38:53 UT +/- 6.71 min [1] Object Designation : (55638) 2002 VE95 Orbit Class : TNO Star Designation : GDR3 3141063656928383488 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 07 14 59.8782, DE = +05 58 15.767 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 14.63 mag, RP = 13.87 mag, BP = 14.71 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.82 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 6.2 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 18.4 sec Object Mean Diameter : 261.5 km (src: CORA+astorb) Speed of the shadow : 14.2 km/s Elongation to Moon & Sun : 156° (sunlit = 51%), Sun = 78° Cross-track uncertainty : 53.3 mas = 1231 km = 4.71 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 3.86 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#21 Object is a "TNOs are cool" target !
[1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0

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