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Stellar Occultation by (4366) Venikagan on 2026-06-10 (20:37:30 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] : a4284ff0-341c-11f1-6999-cd92ffc71734 [asteroids]

 Occultation Date + Time   : 2026-06-10 at 20:37:30 UT +/- 0.01 min  [1]
 Object Designation        : (4366) Venikagan
 Star Designation          : GDR3 6305535740316550272
 Star Coordinates (ICRF)   : RA = 14 58 40.2454, DE = -17 44 01.504  [2]
 Star Magnitudes           : G = 12.98 mag, RP = 12.35 mag, BP = 13.44 mag
 Object Magnitude          : V = 17.51 mag
 Estimated Magnitude Drop  : 4.6 mag
 Estimated Max. Duration   : 3.5 sec
 Speed of the shadow       : 8.7 km/s
 Object Mean Diameter      : 30.6 km  (src: astorb) => apparent = 18 mas
 Apparent Motion           : 0.3050 arcs/min @ PA = 285 deg
 Horizontal Parallax       : 3.7260 arcs
 Dynamical Class           : MBA
 Elongation to Moon & Sun  : 153° (sunlit = 25%), Sun = 147°
 Cross-track uncertainty   : 0.7 mas = 1 km = 0.04 path-width (1-sig)
 RUWE and duplicate source : 1.02 mas, dup.src = 0  (0:false, 1:true)

 Ephemeris Reference       : JPL#62
 Note                      : FP:true

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


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