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Stellar Occultation by (30726) 1978 VK7 on 2024-10-24 (00:23:57 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] : 908527b0-ddb5-11f0-547e-ceb13fbb890c [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-10-24 at 00:23:57 UT +/- 0.12 min [1] Object Designation : (30726) 1978 VK7 Star Designation : GDR3 0144994836035090816 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 04 34 15.1689, DE = +21 43 34.613 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 12.3 mag, RP = 11.68 mag, BP = 12.74 mag Object Magnitude : V = 19.38 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 7.1 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.5 sec Speed of the shadow : 3.2 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 1.70 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas Apparent Motion : 0.2200 arcs/min @ PA = 254 deg Horizontal Parallax : 7.3120 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 47° (sunlit = 53%), Sun = 141° Cross-track uncertainty : 17.7 mas = 15 km = 9.08 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.82 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#32 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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