Event between 04TE282 and star GA1240:01713682 with event index number of 152085
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/10/25 18:09:18 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:15:37.2 +35:06:47
Equinox of date position of star is 05:16:52.4 +35:07:58
Stellar brightness G=13.3,
use SENSEUP=32
Star is 39 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2
TNO is 30.2 AU from the Sun
and 29.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 411 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3128 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=130.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.2 sec chord
Diameter=53.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 04TE282, (2018/10/25 18:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.2 +16:32:44 0.8 20.61 24 3Iot Aur 04:58:13.3 +33:11:39 2.7 4.32 35 17 Aur 05:19:33.4 +33:47:10 6.1 1.46 39 PPM 070103 05:17:08.0 +34:26:32 8.0 0.69 39 PPM 070115 05:17:37.6 +35:20:55 9.0 0.26 39 04TE282 05:16:52.4 +35:07:58 13.3 39 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, (2018/10/25 18:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 20.61 24 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 4.32 35 17 Aur 05:18:19.0 +33:46:02 6.1 1.46 39 PPM 070103 05:15:53.2 +34:25:21 8.0 0.69 39 PPM 070115 05:16:22.2 +35:19:45 9.0 0.26 39 04TE282 05:15:37.2 +35:06:47 13.3 39 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/22 18:18:39 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute