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Stellar Occultation by (50000) Quaoar on 2026-06-24 (23:23:58 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] : eec1ac20-f929-11ef-4809-0548fef3f89d [cetnos] Occultation Date + Time : 2026-06-24 at 23:23:58 UT +/- 0.33 min [1] Object Designation : (50000) Quaoar Star Designation : GDR3 4101957517382719744 Star Coordinates (ICRF) : RA = 18 47 01.1864, DE = -14 47 42.095 [2] Star Magnitudes : G = 17.87 mag, RP = 16.98 mag, BP = 18.7 mag Object Magnitude : V = 18.73 mag Estimated Magnitude Drop : 1.3 mag Estimated Max. Duration : 46.2 sec Speed of the shadow : 24.4 km/s Object Mean Diameter : 1125.8 km (src: CORA+astorb) => apparent = 37 mas Apparent Motion : 0.0483 arcs/min @ PA = 267 deg Horizontal Parallax : 0.2110 arcs Dynamical Class : TNO Elongation to Moon & Sun : 64° (sunlit = 79%), Sun = 169° Cross-track uncertainty : 3.3 mas = 99 km = 0.09 path-width (1-sig) RUWE and duplicate source : 1.06 mas, dup.src = 0 (0:false, 1:true) Ephemeris Reference : JPL#47 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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