Event between 04TF282 and star GA1020:00742974 with event index number of 1189639
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/22 12:57:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:16:50.2 +12:41:48
Equinox of date position of star is 05:18:05.0 +12:43:10
Stellar brightness G=14.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 167 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 1% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4
TNO is 42.0 AU from the Sun
and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 206 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2211 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.1 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 04TF282, (2022/12/22 12:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:14.5 +16:33:13 0.8 10.60 168 Bellatrix 05:26:21.9 +06:22:07 1.6 6.67 160 18 Ori 05:17:20.8 +11:21:55 5.6 1.37 165 PPM 120787 05:18:22.8 +12:35:20 7.7 0.15 166 04TF282 05:18:07.7 +12:43:13 14.6 167 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 04TF282, (2022/12/22 12:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 10.60 168 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 6.67 160 18 Ori 05:16:04.1 +11:20:29 5.6 1.37 165 PPM 120787 05:17:05.5 +12:33:56 7.7 0.15 166 04TF282 05:16:50.2 +12:41:48 14.6 167 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/13 02:19:00 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute