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Stellar Occultation by (790) Pretoria on 2023-12-20 (21:49:28 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] : 4b2c94b0-ddb4-11f0-547e-76ada6ff3e1e [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2023-12-20 at 21:49:28 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (790) Pretoria Star Designation : GDR3 3396289442794674304 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 05 43 56.7826, DE = +16 00 44.489 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 14.59 mag, RP = 13.8 mag, BP = 15.26 mag Object Magnitude : V = 13.53 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 0.4 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 9.6 sec Speed of the shadow : 17.7 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 170.4 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 81 mas Apparent Motion : 0.5033 arcs/min @ PA = 253 deg Horizontal Parallax : 3.0290 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 73° (sunlit = 63%), Sun = 172° Cross-track uncertainty : 1.0 mas = 2 km = 0.01 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.16 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#112 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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