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Stellar Occultation by (84721) 2002 WU2 on 2023-07-20 (21:04:12 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] : d5184f30-ddb3-11f0-547e-6b9197df4c30 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2023-07-20 at 21:04:12 UT +/- 0.02 min [1] Object Designation : (84721) 2002 WU2 Star Designation : GDR3 4069387955730990592 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 17 55 55.5743, DE = -23 04 52.839 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 10.87 mag, RP = 10.04 mag, BP = 11.59 mag Object Magnitude : V = 20.07 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 9.2 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.3 sec Speed of the shadow : 8.8 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 2.3 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas Apparent Motion : 0.3917 arcs/min @ PA = 255 deg Horizontal Parallax : 4.7390 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 117° (sunlit = 9%), Sun = 151° Cross-track uncertainty : 2.0 mas = 2 km = 1.17 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.92 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#36 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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