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Stellar Occultation by (5025) Mecisteus on 2023-04-13 (20:54:32 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] : 8b64d110-ddb3-11f0-547e-5e81f8fbecec [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2023-04-13 at 20:54:32 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (5025) Mecisteus Star Designation : GDR3 0171530720241297152 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 04 27 09.0796, DE = +31 36 10.608 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 14.14 mag, RP = 13.39 mag, BP = 14.74 mag Object Magnitude : V = 18.08 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 4.0 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 1.7 sec Speed of the shadow : 34.1 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 57.8 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 15 mas Apparent Motion : 0.5200 arcs/min @ PA = 87 deg Horizontal Parallax : 1.6190 arcs Dynamical Class : JTRO Elongation to Moon & Sun : 130° (sunlit = 45%), Sun = 47° Cross-track uncertainty : 1.0 mas = 3 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.04 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#92 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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