Event between (437360) 13TV158 and star UC4-423-003515 with event index number of 92689
Geocentric closest approach at 2017/12/01 17:52:02 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:49:44.7 -05:34:03
Equinox of date position of star is 02:50:36.8 -05:29:45
Stellar brightness R=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 17 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 94% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0
TNO is 36.7 AU from the Sun
and 35.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.1
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 88 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1309 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=331.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.5 sec chord
Diameter=135.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 437360, (2017/12/01 17:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:36:57.0 +16:32:38 0.8 34.30 27 68Omi Cet 02:20:15.2 -02:53:50 2.0 8.01 16 PPM 185207 02:57:31.4 -03:38:28 5.2 2.53 15 PPM 185054 02:49:22.7 -05:39:53 7.6 0.36 17 PPM 185066 02:49:53.8 -05:32:00 9.5 0.19 17 437360 02:50:38.2 -05:29:38 15.8 16 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 437360, (2017/12/01 17:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 34.30 27 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:44 2.0 8.01 16 PPM 185207 02:56:37.4 -03:42:45 5.2 2.53 15 PPM 185054 02:48:29.3 -05:44:19 7.6 0.36 17 PPM 185066 02:49:00.2 -05:36:26 9.5 0.19 17 437360 02:49:44.7 -05:34:03 15.8 16 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2017/06/14 16:59:28 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute