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Stellar Occultation by (863) Benkoela on 2024-12-29 (19:20:43 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] : d6abd590-ddb5-11f0-547e-bbc7fdff36c5 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-12-29 at 19:20:43 UT +/- 0.01 min [1] Object Designation : (863) Benkoela Star Designation : GDR3 3206038678096338816 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 04 31 36.1258, DE = -01 56 25.599 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 11.48 mag, RP = 11.08 mag, BP = 11.74 mag Object Magnitude : V = 14.29 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 2.9 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 1.8 sec Speed of the shadow : 14.7 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 27.1 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 15 mas Apparent Motion : 0.4967 arcs/min @ PA = 307 deg Horizontal Parallax : 3.5880 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 146° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 140° Cross-track uncertainty : 1.0 mas = 1 km = 0.07 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.75 mas, dup.src = 1 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#78 Note : FP:true [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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