Event between 05NV125 and star GA0800:21614734 with event index number of 168282
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/12/08 17:51:38 UTC
J2000 position of star is 21:39:07.0 -08:20:04
Equinox of date position of star is 21:40:06.9 -08:14:56
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 51 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5
TNO is 37.1 AU from the Sun
and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 229 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2834 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=285.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.1 sec chord
Diameter=116.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 05NV125, (2018/12/08 17:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:41.6 -29:31:17 1.2 28.15 64 23Xi Aqr 21:38:45.5 -07:46:06 4.7 0.59 51 PPM 205405 21:38:07.1 -07:43:49 8.5 0.72 51 PPM 205444 21:40:01.3 -08:11:21 8.6 0.06 51 05NV125 21:40:07.3 -08:14:53 16.3 52 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 05NV125, (2018/12/08 17:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.5 -29:37:23 1.2 28.15 64 23Xi Aqr 21:37:45.3 -07:51:16 4.7 0.59 51 PPM 205405 21:37:06.8 -07:48:57 8.5 0.72 51 PPM 205444 21:39:01.0 -08:16:31 8.6 0.06 51 05NV125 21:39:07.0 -08:20:04 16.3 51 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/22 18:22:52 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute