Event between 00FX53 and star UC4-409-056586 with event index number of 107552
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/03/20 19:44:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:47:25.2 -08:21:49
Equinox of date position of star is 13:48:22.0 -08:27:09
Stellar brightness R=12.1,
use SENSEUP=16
Star is 167 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 12% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.8
TNO is 37.9 AU from the Sun
and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 250 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4290 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=149.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.1 sec chord
Diameter=60.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 00FX53, (2018/03/20 19:44UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:09.3 -11:15:21 1.0 6.15 162 PPM 196876 13:48:11.3 -09:48:00 6.2 1.35 167 PPM 196892 13:48:59.4 -08:06:57 8.0 0.37 167 PPM 196869 13:47:19.5 -08:31:45 8.8 0.27 167 00FX53 13:48:22.9 -08:27:14 12.1 167 Positions are for equinox of date
Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.
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Star training set for 00FX53, (2018/03/20 19:44UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 6.15 162 PPM 196876 13:47:13.4 -09:42:35 6.2 1.35 167 PPM 196892 13:48:01.8 -08:01:32 8.0 0.37 167 PPM 196869 13:46:21.8 -08:26:19 8.8 0.27 167 00FX53 13:47:25.2 -08:21:49 12.1 167 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2017/12/02 17:22:18 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute