Event between 03TK58 and star GA1140:02158828 with event index number of 2005144
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/05 16:38:42 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:22:24.1 +24:56:37
Equinox of date position of star is 06:23:52.2 +24:55:49
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 117 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 35% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4
Object is 45.9 AU from the Sun
and 44.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.6
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 1055 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3994 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=259.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.1 sec chord
Diameter=105.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 03TK58, (2024/01/05 16:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:28.4 +07:24:34 0.4 18.70 122 Alhena 06:39:05.9 +16:22:36 1.9 9.26 113 PPM 095919 06:26:12.5 +25:02:02 6.3 0.54 116 PPM 095851 06:23:46.8 +25:04:10 9.7 0.14 117 03TK58 06:23:52.8 +24:55:48 15.1 117 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 03TK58, (2024/01/05 16:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 18.70 122 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 9.26 113 PPM 095919 06:24:43.7 +25:02:55 6.3 0.54 116 PPM 095851 06:22:18.0 +25:04:58 9.7 0.14 117 03TK58 06:22:24.1 +24:56:37 15.1 117 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/04 04:08:13 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute