Event between (523622) 07TG422 and star GA0980:00493485 with event index number of 322589
Geocentric closest approach at 2018/11/22 13:46:07 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:41:10.4 +08:46:11
Equinox of date position of star is 04:42:11.9 +08:48:17
Stellar brightness G=12.7,
use SENSEUP=32
Star is 20 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3
TNO is 37.9 AU from the Sun
and 37.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 78 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1576 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.9 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 523622, (2018/11/22 13:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:00.4 +16:32:45 0.8 7.84 18 Bellatrix 05:26:08.7 +06:21:55 1.6 11.16 31 PPM 147759 04:38:55.5 +07:21:15 6.5 1.66 20 PPM 147830 04:43:10.7 +08:53:16 8.2 0.25 20 523622 04:42:12.2 +08:48:18 12.7 20 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 523622, (2018/11/22 13:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 7.84 18 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 11.16 31 PPM 147759 04:37:54.4 +07:19:03 6.5 1.66 20 PPM 147830 04:42:08.9 +08:51:11 8.2 0.25 20 523622 04:41:10.4 +08:46:11 12.7 20 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/10/23 20:43:31 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute