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Stellar Occultation by (604) Tekmessa on 2026-04-17 (04:36:29 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] : 586fa4e0-33cd-11f1-6999-ab3efddf24f9 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-04-17 at 04:36:29 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (604) Tekmessa
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6755205656432345088
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 19 48 54.9565, DE = -25 49 48.031  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 11.97 mag, RP = 11.22 mag, BP = 12.6 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 15.67 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 3.7 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 4.4 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 14.8 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 65.2 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 28 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3817 arcs/min @ PA = 88 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 2.7430 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 89° (sunlit = 0%), Sun = 93°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 1.0 mas = 2 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.4 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#74
 Note                      : FP:true

 
 [1] time t0 of closest geocentric approach c/a, [2] including proper motion until t0


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