Event between 02VF130 and star GA1080:01444121 with event index number of 1878371
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/17 00:17:58 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:52:43.9 +19:16:51
Equinox of date position of star is 05:54:02.5 +19:17:04
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 122 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5
TNO is 44.3 AU from the Sun
and 44.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 671 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5619 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=247.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.8 sec chord
Diameter=101.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 02VF130, (2022/04/17 00:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:22.8 +07:24:34 0.4 11.89 120 Alhena 06:39:00.0 +16:22:42 1.9 11.08 111 PPM 121513 05:53:42.7 +19:52:18 6.4 0.59 122 PPM 121512 05:53:41.7 +19:09:13 8.5 0.15 122 02VF130 05:54:02.8 +19:17:04 16.9 121 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 02VF130, (2022/04/17 00:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 11.89 120 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 11.08 111 PPM 121513 05:52:23.4 +19:52:04 6.4 0.59 122 PPM 121512 05:52:22.8 +19:08:59 8.5 0.15 122 02VF130 05:52:43.9 +19:16:51 16.9 122 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/13 02:12:18 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute