Event between 15VB165 and star GA1060:00380772 with event index number of 1015883
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/01/04 21:06:06 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:37:26.8 +16:57:41
Equinox of date position of star is 03:38:31.3 +17:01:22
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 145 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.7
TNO is 33.4 AU from the Sun
and 32.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 465 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3782 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.4
Diameter=78.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Diameter=32.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 15VB165, (2019/01/04 21:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.8 +16:32:46 0.8 14.00 159 44Zet Per 03:55:19.9 +31:56:19 2.8 15.39 149 PPM 119253 03:40:30.5 +16:35:50 6.2 0.64 145 PPM 119206 03:37:07.3 +16:31:40 8.1 0.60 145 PPM 119233 03:38:44.5 +17:03:03 9.5 0.06 145 15VB165 03:38:31.6 +17:01:23 16.9 145 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 15VB165, (2019/01/04 21:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 14.00 159 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 15.39 149 PPM 119253 03:39:25.8 +16:32:11 6.2 0.64 145 PPM 119206 03:36:02.8 +16:27:57 8.1 0.60 145 PPM 119233 03:37:39.7 +16:59:22 9.5 0.06 145 15VB165 03:37:26.8 +16:57:41 16.9 145 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/04 05:05:55 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute