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Table 1

Occultation circumstances and target star parameters for (24835) 1995 SM55 on February 25, 2024.

Occultation parameters (NIMAv9)
Date and time of CA (t0) Sun. 25 Feb. 2024
18:13:56 UT ±175.6 s
Geocentric shadow velocity 10.42 km/s
Magnitude drop 8.2 mag
Apriori maximum duration 67.6 s
Apriori angular size of 1995 SM55 12 mas

Occulted star data (from Gaia DR3)

Gaia DR3 source ID 224489389287197184
Proper motion (mas/yr) µα* = +5.8 ± 0.0
µδ = −7.2 ± 0.0
Position (ICRS, cat. epoch) α = 03 40 30.5237
δ = +39 08 06.706
Position (ICRS, occ. epoch) α = 03 40 30.5277
δ = +39 08 06.647
Position error (occ. epoch) σα* = 0.1 mas
σδ = 0.1 mas
G, RP, BP magnitudes 12.4, 12.0, 12.7
J, H, K magnitudes (from NOMAD) 11.5, 11.3, 11.3

Notes. The maximum occultation duration (central line) and the apparent diameter of the TNO were obtained by assuming a mean geometric TNO albedo, which is far from correct in this case. V, R, B, J, H, K magnitudes of the target star were taken from the NOMAD catalog (Zacharias et al. 2004).

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