Event between 03HX56 and star GA0840:04389468 with event index number of 253652
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/03/15 15:19:27 UTC
J2000 position of star is 14:11:31.2 -04:47:55
Equinox of date position of star is 14:12:29.9 -04:53:10
Stellar brightness G=15.0,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 112 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 63% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.0
TNO is 48.7 AU from the Sun
and 47.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 296 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5435 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=232.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.5 sec chord
Diameter=94.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 03HX56, (2019/03/15 15:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:12.4 -11:15:39 1.0 13.11 104 99Iot Vir 14:17:01.5 -06:05:29 4.1 1.64 114 PPM 197266 14:10:51.5 -05:06:53 8.5 0.47 112 PPM 197293 14:12:21.2 -04:50:11 9.0 0.07 112 03HX56 14:12:31.4 -04:53:18 15.0 112 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 03HX56, (2019/03/15 15:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 13.11 104 99Iot Vir 14:16:00.9 -06:00:10 4.1 1.64 114 PPM 197266 14:09:51.2 -05:01:29 8.5 0.47 112 PPM 197293 14:11:21.0 -04:44:48 9.0 0.07 112 03HX56 14:11:31.2 -04:47:55 15.0 112 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/09/28 11:46:08 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute