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Stellar Occultation by (66069) 1998 RK42 on 2024-07-18 (22:06:18 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] : 070ac210-ddb5-11f0-547e-c316f79a8d38 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-07-18 at 22:06:18 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (66069) 1998 RK42 Star Designation : GDR3 4162421104868029440 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 17 43 25.2567, DE = -11 12 38.934 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 12.43 mag, RP = 11.68 mag, BP = 13.02 mag Object Magnitude : V = 18.67 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 6.3 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.6 sec Speed of the shadow : 7.3 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 4.6 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 3 mas Apparent Motion : 0.3183 arcs/min @ PA = 258 deg Horizontal Parallax : 4.6420 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 17° (sunlit = 92%), Sun = 147° Cross-track uncertainty : 0.4 mas = 0 km = 0.12 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 2.26 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#59 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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