Event between 04SC60 and star GA1040:00215909 with event index number of 1959884
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/07/26 22:50:57 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:15:54.6 +14:13:44
Equinox of date position of star is 02:17:12.5 +14:20:20
Stellar brightness G=15.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 17 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 63% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4
Object is 32.3 AU from the Sun
and 32.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 224 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1549 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=224.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 32.7 sec chord
Diameter=91.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 7:4EEE
Star training set for 04SC60, (2024/07/26 23:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:20.0 +16:33:25 0.8 33.79 51 6Bet Ari 01:56:00.1 +20:55:38 2.6 8.30 17 19 Ari 02:14:24.0 +15:23:38 5.7 1.26 17 PPM 118097 02:18:37.5 +14:34:42 8.3 0.41 18 04SC60 02:17:14.9 +14:20:32 15.5 18 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 04SC60, (2024/07/26 23:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 33.79 51 6Bet Ari 01:54:38.5 +20:48:26 2.6 8.30 17 19 Ari 02:13:03.4 +15:16:47 5.7 1.26 17 PPM 118097 02:17:17.2 +14:27:56 8.3 0.41 18 04SC60 02:15:54.6 +14:13:44 15.5 17 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/08 05:24:41 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute