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Stellar Occultation by (28240) 1999 AP21 on 2024-08-16 (20:16:51 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] : 4174ad30-ddb5-11f0-547e-fb9c9fdf2edf [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-08-16 at 20:16:51 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (28240) 1999 AP21 Star Designation : GDR3 6894631118172993792 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 21 37 57.1040, DE = -08 28 29.150 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 13.53 mag, RP = 13.03 mag, BP = 13.86 mag Object Magnitude : V = 16.94 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 3.5 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.5 sec Speed of the shadow : 8.0 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 3.9 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 5 mas Apparent Motion : 0.5867 arcs/min @ PA = 264 deg Horizontal Parallax : 7.7590 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 40° (sunlit = 89%), Sun = 175° Cross-track uncertainty : 2.7 mas = 2 km = 0.57 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#53 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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