Event between 04TE282 and star UC4-620-019770 with event index number of 78562
Geocentric closest approach at 2017/09/19 17:25:00 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:06:42.1 +33:59:49
Equinox of date position of star is 05:07:50.5 +34:01:08
Stellar brightness R=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 91 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3
TNO is 30.3 AU from the Sun
and 30.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 7.4
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 864 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5400 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=130.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.6 sec chord
Diameter=53.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 04TE282, (2017/09/19 17:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:36:56.4 +16:32:37 0.8 18.81 101 3Iot Aur 04:58:09.0 +33:11:33 2.7 2.19 94 14 Aur 05:16:33.7 +32:42:23 5.2 2.24 90 PPM 069915 05:07:18.4 +33:56:29 7.2 0.14 92 04TE282 05:07:52.1 +34:01:10 16.5 91 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 04TE282, (2017/09/19 17:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 18.81 101 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 2.19 94 14 Aur 05:15:24.3 +32:41:15 5.2 2.24 90 PPM 069915 05:06:08.4 +33:55:07 7.2 0.14 92 04TE282 05:06:42.1 +33:59:49 16.5 91 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2017/04/24 16:11:37 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute