Event between 03LD9 and star GA0700:23717361 with event index number of 1662701
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/05/15 23:57:49 UTC
J2000 position of star is 18:25:31.6 -18:56:57
Equinox of date position of star is 18:26:50.0 -18:56:06
Stellar brightness G=16.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 44 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.0
TNO is 43.1 AU from the Sun
and 42.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.3
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 1018 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4673 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=295.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.0 sec chord
Diameter=120.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 03LD9, (2022/05/15 23:58UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:47.0 -26:28:47 0.9 27.74 18 Nunki 18:56:39.0 -26:16:01 2.0 10.05 50 PPM 234421 18:22:41.9 -18:50:53 5.9 0.98 43 PPM 234550 18:28:31.0 -18:56:19 8.4 0.40 44 PPM 234517 18:26:35.1 -19:02:27 9.0 0.12 43 03LD9 18:26:50.6 -18:56:06 16.8 44 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 03LD9, (2022/05/15 23:58UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 27.74 18 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 10.05 50 PPM 234421 18:21:23.0 -18:51:36 5.9 0.98 43 PPM 234550 18:27:12.0 -18:57:14 8.4 0.40 44 PPM 234517 18:25:16.0 -19:03:18 9.0 0.12 43 03LD9 18:25:31.6 -18:56:57 16.8 44 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/13 02:12:36 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute