Event between 04HH79 and star GA0700:07919489 with event index number of 2632492
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/23 01:31:43 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:06:08.7 -18:05:21
Equinox of date position of star is 17:07:32.2 -18:07:11
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 98% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3
Object is 42.1 AU from the Sun
and 42.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 684 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2191 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 20.2 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 04HH79, (2024/02/23 01:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:53.5 -26:29:00 0.9 11.90 112 35Eta Oph 17:11:45.9 -15:45:11 2.6 2.57 119 PPM 232651 17:09:39.1 -17:38:20 6.0 0.69 119 PPM 232594 17:07:12.9 -18:08:50 8.1 0.09 118 04HH79 17:07:33.3 -18:07:12 16.4 119 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 04HH79, (2024/02/23 01:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 11.90 112 35Eta Oph 17:10:22.7 -15:43:29 2.6 2.57 119 PPM 232651 17:08:14.9 -17:36:33 6.0 0.69 119 PPM 232594 17:05:48.4 -18:06:58 8.1 0.09 118 04HH79 17:06:08.7 -18:05:21 16.4 119 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/04 04:09:41 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute