Event between 04VV130 and star GA1280:02255488 with event index number of 2567500
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/06 00:44:54 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:22:58.2 +38:29:30
Equinox of date position of star is 05:24:37.0 +38:30:46
Stellar brightness G=13.5,
use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 32% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.6
Object is 32.1 AU from the Sun
and 31.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 123 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1734 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=194.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.5 sec chord
Diameter=79.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 04VV130, (2024/01/06 00:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:18.1 +16:33:20 0.8 24.28 146 3Iot Aur 04:58:33.7 +33:12:07 2.7 7.49 139 21Sig Aur 05:26:17.3 +37:24:19 6.4 1.16 132 PPM 070294 05:25:47.4 +38:35:19 8.5 0.24 132 PPM 070292 05:25:32.7 +38:24:57 9.2 0.21 132 04VV130 05:24:37.3 +38:30:46 13.5 132 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 04VV130, (2024/01/06 00:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 24.28 146 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 7.49 139 21Sig Aur 05:24:39.2 +37:23:07 6.4 1.16 132 PPM 070294 05:24:08.2 +38:34:06 8.5 0.24 132 PPM 070292 05:23:53.7 +38:23:43 9.2 0.21 132 04VV130 05:22:58.2 +38:29:30 13.5 132 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/16 05:07:59 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute