Event between 03UV292 and star UC4-541-014840 with event index number of 104160
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/02/13 23:51:33 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:24:45.2 +18:02:15
Equinox of date position of star is 05:25:48.0 +18:03:09
Stellar brightness R=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 137 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 36.9 AU from the Sun
and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1102 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5136 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=210.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.3 sec chord
Diameter=86.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 03UV292, (2018/02/13 23:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:36:57.8 +16:32:39 0.8 11.75 125 Alnath 05:27:26.3 +28:37:16 1.6 10.57 138 115 Tau 05:28:13.6 +17:58:34 5.4 0.58 138 PPM 120901 05:24:34.4 +18:36:59 8.4 0.64 137 PPM 120926 05:25:46.4 +18:05:48 9.5 0.04 137 03UV292 05:25:48.7 +18:03:10 16.2 137 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 03UV292, (2018/02/13 23:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 11.75 125 Alnath 05:26:17.5 +28:36:24 1.6 10.57 138 115 Tau 05:27:10.1 +17:57:43 5.4 0.58 138 PPM 120901 05:23:30.6 +18:36:03 8.4 0.64 137 PPM 120926 05:24:42.8 +18:04:54 9.5 0.04 137 03UV292 05:24:45.2 +18:02:15 16.2 137 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2017/12/02 17:16:18 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute