Event between 15VM164 and star GA1080:00374834 with event index number of 1018526
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/12/28 18:29:48 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:27:23.0 +19:20:09
Equinox of date position of star is 03:28:28.2 +19:24:03
Stellar brightness G=15.4,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 124 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 57% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.9
TNO is 30.1 AU from the Sun
and 29.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 200 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4666 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=61.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Diameter=25.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 15VM164, (2018/12/28 18:30UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.8 +16:32:45 0.8 16.54 109 44Zet Per 03:55:19.8 +31:56:19 2.8 13.91 114 65 Ari 03:25:32.0 +20:52:10 5.9 1.62 124 PPM 119098 03:29:00.6 +18:56:50 8.4 0.47 124 PPM 119095 03:28:37.3 +19:15:06 8.9 0.15 124 15VM164 03:28:28.4 +19:24:04 15.4 124 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 15VM164, (2018/12/28 18:30UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 16.54 109 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 13.91 114 65 Ari 03:24:26.1 +20:48:12 5.9 1.62 124 PPM 119098 03:27:55.3 +18:52:56 8.4 0.47 124 PPM 119095 03:27:31.9 +19:11:12 8.9 0.15 124 15VM164 03:27:23.0 +19:20:09 15.4 124 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/01 22:11:38 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute