Event between (84922) 03VS2 and star GA1220:01843275 with event index number of 217060
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/22 20:26:09 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:30:38.0 +33:07:02
Equinox of date position of star is 05:31:50.7 +33:07:48
Stellar brightness G=14.2,
use SENSEUP=64
Star is 53 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 35% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.0
TNO is 36.7 AU from the Sun
and 36.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 235 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1609 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.2
Diameter=871.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 66.9 sec chord
Diameter=355.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 27.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 84922, (2019/10/22 20:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:03.6 +16:32:51 0.8 20.69 67 Alnath 05:27:32.7 +28:37:21 1.6 4.61 54 PPM 070534 05:34:45.2 +32:48:47 6.5 0.67 52 PPM 070489 05:32:29.2 +33:17:41 9.6 0.20 52 84922 05:31:56.1 +33:07:51 14.2 52 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 84922, (2019/10/22 20:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 20.69 67 Alnath 05:26:17.5 +28:36:23 1.6 4.61 54 PPM 070534 05:33:27.4 +32:48:03 6.5 0.67 52 PPM 070489 05:31:11.0 +33:16:52 9.6 0.20 52 84922 05:30:38.0 +33:07:02 14.2 53 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2018/06/12 07:48:43 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute