Event between 10VX224 and star GDR2_63.082_5.088 with event index number of 235037
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/10/01 02:05:13 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:12:19.7 +05:05:18
Equinox of date position of star is 04:13:18.3 +05:08:05
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 22 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 65% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3
TNO is 38.6 AU from the Sun
and 38.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 616 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3106 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=329.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.8 sec chord
Diameter=134.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 10VX224, (2018/10/01 02:05UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:36:59.9 +16:32:44 0.8 12.80 11 67Bet Eri 05:08:46.3 -05:03:49 2.8 17.20 25 45 Tau 04:12:20.3 +05:34:14 5.7 0.50 22 PPM 147307 04:13:43.1 +05:04:40 8.3 0.11 22 10VX224 04:13:19.4 +05:08:08 15.6 22 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 10VX224, (2018/10/01 02:05UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 12.80 11 67Bet Eri 05:07:50.9 -05:05:13 2.8 17.20 25 45 Tau 04:11:20.5 +05:31:23 5.7 0.50 22 PPM 147307 04:12:43.4 +05:01:51 8.3 0.11 22 10VX224 04:12:19.7 +05:05:18 15.6 22 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/05/24 18:03:10 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute