Event between 02GB32 and star GA0820:04835001 with event index number of 1266262
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/11 18:55:18 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:45:27.0 -06:56:06
Equinox of date position of star is 15:46:42.4 -07:00:25
Stellar brightness G=14.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 90 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 28% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5
Object is 36.7 AU from the Sun
and 35.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.2
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 449 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1944 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.8
Diameter=168.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Diameter=68.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 02GB32, (2024/06/11 19:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:54.6 -26:29:03 0.9 22.13 105 27Bet Lib 15:18:19.6 -09:28:18 2.6 7.45 84 PPM 198946 15:48:03.5 -06:11:41 6.5 0.88 90 PPM 198923 15:46:30.3 -07:16:34 9.0 0.27 90 02GB32 15:46:45.5 -07:00:36 14.6 90 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 02GB32, (2024/06/11 19:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 22.13 105 27Bet Lib 15:17:00.3 -09:22:59 2.6 7.45 84 PPM 198946 15:46:45.4 -06:07:13 6.5 0.88 90 PPM 198923 15:45:11.6 -07:12:04 9.0 0.27 90 02GB32 15:45:27.0 -06:56:06 14.6 90 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/04 04:13:07 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute