Event between 04HC79 and star GA0660:11198256 with event index number of 1969780
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/24 05:20:06 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:17:22.0 -23:22:13
Equinox of date position of star is 17:18:44.9 -23:23:36
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 10 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 39.9 AU from the Sun
and 39.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 273 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1725 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=232.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.0 sec chord
Diameter=94.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 04HC79, (2024/05/24 05:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:54.4 -26:29:02 0.9 11.29 1 35Eta Oph 17:11:46.7 -15:45:12 2.6 7.82 13 PPM 266746 17:23:11.5 -24:55:43 6.5 1.83 10 PPM 266655 17:19:36.7 -24:05:52 7.0 0.72 10 PPM 266660 17:19:48.9 -23:39:34 9.8 0.35 10 04HC79 17:18:50.9 -23:23:42 16.6 10 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 04HC79, (2024/05/24 05:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 11.29 1 35Eta Oph 17:10:22.7 -15:43:29 2.6 7.82 13 PPM 266746 17:21:41.5 -24:54:23 6.5 1.83 10 PPM 266655 17:18:07.3 -24:04:25 7.0 0.72 10 PPM 266660 17:18:19.8 -23:38:08 9.8 0.35 10 04HC79 17:17:22.0 -23:22:13 16.6 10 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/09/27 03:47:11 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute