Event between 15VE170 and star GA1060:00377355 with event index number of 1016956
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/02/25 22:44:28 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:36:06.1 +17:06:51
Equinox of date position of star is 03:37:11.2 +17:10:35
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 175 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 56% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.0
TNO is 37.0 AU from the Sun
and 37.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 750 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3671 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=143.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Diameter=58.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 15VE170, (2019/02/25 22:44UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:01.3 +16:32:47 0.8 14.33 171 44Zet Per 03:55:20.4 +31:56:20 2.8 15.32 164 PPM 119253 03:40:30.9 +16:35:52 6.2 0.98 176 PPM 119178 03:34:44.2 +17:23:33 8.5 0.62 174 PPM 119233 03:38:45.0 +17:03:04 9.5 0.39 175 PPM 119219 03:37:57.6 +17:17:06 10.2 0.21 175 15VE170 03:37:11.4 +17:10:35 16.6 175 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 15VE170, (2019/02/25 22:44UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 14.33 171 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 15.32 164 PPM 119253 03:39:25.8 +16:32:11 6.2 0.98 176 PPM 119178 03:33:38.9 +17:19:45 8.5 0.62 174 PPM 119233 03:37:39.7 +16:59:22 9.5 0.39 175 PPM 119219 03:36:52.3 +17:13:22 10.2 0.21 175 15VE170 03:36:06.1 +17:06:51 16.6 175 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/12 06:19:49 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute