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Stellar Occultation by (2972) Niilo on 2024-09-06 (22:00:37 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] : 558fec80-ddb5-11f0-547e-09d3ffde8623 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-09-06 at 22:00:37 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (2972) Niilo Star Designation : GDR3 6843076770293227904 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 21 30 54.4580, DE = -12 46 22.793 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 14.32 mag, RP = 13.64 mag, BP = 14.84 mag Object Magnitude : V = 15.23 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 1.3 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 1.7 sec Speed of the shadow : 3.7 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 6.4 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 11 mas Apparent Motion : 0.3700 arcs/min @ PA = 244 deg Horizontal Parallax : 10.7030 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 115° (sunlit = 13%), Sun = 156° Cross-track uncertainty : 0.7 mas = 0 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.01 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#68 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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