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Stellar Occultation by (378946) 2008 UQ159 on 2025-10-28 (21:02:53 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] : a5084930-ddb8-11f0-547e-75361b4f259e [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2025-10-28 at 21:02:53 UT +/- 0.06 min [1] Object Designation : (378946) 2008 UQ159 Star Designation : GDR3 0120068632555108864 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 03 41 28.8942, DE = +29 36 47.120 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 13.88 mag, RP = 13.33 mag, BP = 14.25 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.54 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 6.7 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.2 sec Speed of the shadow : 12.0 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 2.6 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas Apparent Motion : 0.4350 arcs/min @ PA = 279 deg Horizontal Parallax : 3.8390 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 124° (sunlit = 42%), Sun = 154° Cross-track uncertainty : 21.7 mas = 36 km = 13.87 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.12 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#33 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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