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Stellar Occultation by (58500) 1996 VU1 on 2025-09-24 (19:14:36 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] : 731592c0-ddb8-11f0-547e-607deffbbd41 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-09-24 at 19:14:36 UT +/- 0.02 min [1] Object Designation : (58500) 1996 VU1 Star Designation : GDR3 4077281895125083776 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 18 26 20.3004, DE = -24 20 11.019 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 12.26 mag, RP = 11.45 mag, BP = 12.97 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.51 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 8.3 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.2 sec Speed of the shadow : 14.5 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 3.2 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas Apparent Motion : 0.4650 arcs/min @ PA = 85 deg Horizontal Parallax : 3.4080 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 61° (sunlit = 8%), Sun = 94° Cross-track uncertainty : 1.3 mas = 2 km = 0.76 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.71 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#34 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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