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Stellar Occultation by (5145) Pholus on 2023-05-27 (23:38:35 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] : a7a0e7b0-ddb3-11f0-547e-d8e8eaff4a43 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2023-05-27 at 23:38:35 UT +/- 1.7 min [1] Object Designation : (5145) Pholus Star Designation : GDR3 4104866649008641792 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 18 31 58.8628, DE = -12 57 03.665 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 12.52 mag, RP = 11.59 mag, BP = 13.39 mag Object Magnitude : V = 21.9 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 9.4 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 6.2 sec Speed of the shadow : 21.5 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 132.3 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 6 mas Apparent Motion : 0.0617 arcs/min @ PA = 270 deg Horizontal Parallax : 0.3050 arcs Dynamical Class : CEN Elongation to Moon & Sun : 116° (sunlit = 53%), Sun = 147° Cross-track uncertainty : 45.0 mas = 941 km = 7.11 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.19 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#24 Note : FP:true Object is a <TNOs are Cool> target ! [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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