Event between 04TE282 and star GA1240:01621126 with event index number of 169128
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/12/13 23:02:19 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:09:43.3 +35:14:13
Equinox of date position of star is 05:10:58.4 +35:15:34
Stellar brightness G=14.7,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 105 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 36% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 30.2 AU from the Sun
and 29.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 262 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3034 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.3
Diameter=130.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Diameter=53.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 04TE282, (2018/12/13 23:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.6 +16:32:45 0.8 20.19 94 3Iot Aur 04:58:13.8 +33:11:40 2.7 3.35 102 PPM 070048 05:14:34.4 +37:21:28 6.5 2.22 106 PPM 070014 05:12:26.8 +35:22:46 8.1 0.32 105 PPM 069981 05:11:00.9 +35:15:30 10.0 0.01 105 04TE282 05:10:59.0 +35:15:34 14.7 105 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, (2018/12/13 23:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 20.19 94 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 3.35 102 PPM 070048 05:13:17.2 +37:20:12 6.5 2.22 106 PPM 070014 05:11:10.9 +35:21:27 8.1 0.32 105 PPM 069981 05:09:45.1 +35:14:09 10.0 0.01 105 04TE282 05:09:43.3 +35:14:13 14.7 105 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/22 18:23:18 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute