Event between 15VR164 and star GA1080:00428855 with event index number of 1019763
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/01/07 12:39:50 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:47:40.2 +18:51:10
Equinox of date position of star is 03:48:45.6 +18:54:36
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 116 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 2% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 31.2 AU from the Sun
and 30.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 518 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4791 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=143.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Diameter=58.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 15VR164, (2019/01/07 12:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.9 +16:32:46 0.8 11.73 127 44Zet Per 03:55:19.9 +31:56:19 2.8 13.11 120 13 Tau 03:43:25.0 +19:45:35 5.7 1.52 115 PPM 119423 03:53:24.5 +18:58:24 8.5 1.10 117 PPM 119363 03:48:47.2 +18:57:40 9.6 0.05 116 15VR164 03:48:45.9 +18:54:37 16.9 116 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 15VR164, (2019/01/07 12:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 11.73 127 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 13.11 120 13 Tau 03:42:18.9 +19:42:01 5.7 1.52 115 PPM 119423 03:52:18.6 +18:55:03 8.5 1.10 117 PPM 119363 03:47:41.4 +18:54:13 9.6 0.05 116 15VR164 03:47:40.2 +18:51:10 16.9 116 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/12/04 05:06:49 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute