Event between 03TL58 and star GA1100:01832955 with event index number of 168764
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/12/12 22:02:25 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:13:46.9 +20:58:33
Equinox of date position of star is 06:14:54.4 +20:58:09
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 130 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 27% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4
TNO is 41.8 AU from the Sun
and 40.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 341 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2366 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=219.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=89.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 03TL58, (2018/12/12 22:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:11.9 +07:24:33 0.4 14.29 124 Alhena 06:38:48.4 +16:22:54 1.9 7.28 135 7Eta Gem 06:16:01.3 +22:29:58 4.5 1.55 131 PPM 095570 06:12:31.1 +20:53:59 6.7 0.56 130 PPM 095624 06:14:41.5 +20:46:26 10.0 0.20 130 03TL58 06:14:54.8 +20:58:09 15.1 130 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 03TL58, (2018/12/12 22:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 14.29 124 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 7.28 135 7Eta Gem 06:14:52.6 +22:30:24 4.5 1.55 131 PPM 095570 06:11:23.2 +20:54:19 6.7 0.56 130 PPM 095624 06:13:33.6 +20:46:50 10.0 0.20 130 03TL58 06:13:46.9 +20:58:33 15.1 130 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/11/04 22:24:20 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute