Event between 04VX130 and star GA1140:00814945 with event index number of 2568122
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/10/12 01:54:31 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:46:53.9 +25:07:43
Equinox of date position of star is 04:48:20.5 +25:10:10
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 95 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 7% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.6
Object is 38.7 AU from the Sun
and 38.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 1408 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4952 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=178.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.0 sec chord
Diameter=72.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 04VX130, (2023/10/12 01:54UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:17.3 +16:33:19 0.8 8.99 99 3Iot Aur 04:58:32.8 +33:12:05 2.7 8.33 92 PPM 093742 04:47:08.8 +23:40:12 6.1 1.52 96 PPM 093748 04:47:40.0 +26:04:36 7.4 0.92 95 PPM 093787 04:50:02.8 +24:46:59 8.7 0.54 95 PPM 093781 04:49:41.7 +25:14:09 11.7 0.31 95 04VX130 04:48:21.2 +25:10:11 16.5 95 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 04VX130, (2023/10/12 01:54UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 8.99 99 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 8.33 92 PPM 093742 04:45:42.5 +23:37:41 6.1 1.52 96 PPM 093748 04:46:12.1 +26:02:07 7.4 0.92 95 PPM 093787 04:48:35.8 +24:44:35 8.7 0.54 95 PPM 093781 04:48:14.3 +25:11:43 11.7 0.31 95 04VX130 04:46:53.9 +25:07:43 16.5 95 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/07/27 03:50:36 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute