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Stellar Occultation by (140971) 2001 VY118 on 2024-12-31 (19:23:18 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] : e4bee460-ddb5-11f0-547e-bbdef7bb0fa1 [observed] Occultation Date + Time : 2024-12-31 at 19:23:18 UT +/- 0.03 min [1] Object Designation : (140971) 2001 VY118 Star Designation : GDR3 0884092152863115264 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 07 04 56.7079, DE = +27 36 36.073 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 10.72 mag, RP = 10.33 mag, BP = 10.95 mag Object Magnitude : V = 19.8 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 9.1 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 0.2 sec Speed of the shadow : 13.7 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 2.9 km (src: astorb) => apparent = 2 mas Apparent Motion : 0.5150 arcs/min @ PA = 278 deg Horizontal Parallax : 4.0030 arcs Dynamical Class : MBA Elongation to Moon & Sun : 173° (sunlit = 1%), Sun = 174° Cross-track uncertainty : 2.0 mas = 3 km = 1.10 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 0.99 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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