Event between 04VY130 and star GA1040:01413107 with event index number of 2568608
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/02 20:58:23 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:00:47.7 +15:32:59
Equinox of date position of star is 06:02:07.1 +15:32:56
Stellar brightness G=15.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 88 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8
Object is 30.7 AU from the Sun
and 29.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 215 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1367 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=152.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=62.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 04VY130, (2024/01/02 20:58UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:28.3 +07:24:34 0.4 8.26 90 Alhena 06:39:05.9 +16:22:36 1.9 8.91 79 137 Tau 05:53:44.2 +14:10:33 5.5 2.46 90 PPM 121788 06:03:25.4 +15:12:17 8.2 0.46 88 PPM 121724 06:01:20.8 +15:36:35 9.4 0.21 88 04VY130 06:02:10.4 +15:32:56 15.2 88 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 04VY130, (2024/01/02 20:58UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 8.26 90 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:56 1.9 8.91 79 137 Tau 05:52:22.2 +14:10:18 5.5 2.46 90 PPM 121788 06:02:02.8 +15:12:23 8.2 0.46 88 PPM 121724 05:59:58.0 +15:36:37 9.4 0.21 88 04VY130 06:00:47.7 +15:32:59 15.2 88 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/12 04:49:50 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute