Event between 05NV125 and star GA0840:19854790 with event index number of 1962066
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/04 11:12:22 UTC
J2000 position of star is 22:01:33.8 -04:52:23
Equinox of date position of star is 22:02:45.0 -04:45:46
Stellar brightness G=11.8,
use SENSEUP=8 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 125 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 59 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 87% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.5
TNO is 37.9 AU from the Sun
and 38.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 149 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1590 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=304.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.0 sec chord
Diameter=124.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 05NV125, (2022/12/04 11:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:54.7 -29:30:01 1.2 28.08 58 Markab 23:05:54.3 +15:19:44 2.5 25.46 41 PPM 205831 22:00:06.6 -04:15:51 6.2 0.83 60 PPM 205939 22:05:46.8 -04:43:41 8.1 0.75 59 PPM 205878 22:02:49.5 -04:44:52 8.9 0.02 59 05NV125 22:02:45.6 -04:45:43 11.8 59 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 05NV125, (2022/12/04 11:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 28.08 58 Markab 23:04:45.8 +15:12:18 2.5 25.46 41 PPM 205831 21:58:55.0 -04:22:29 6.2 0.83 60 PPM 205939 22:04:35.0 -04:50:24 8.1 0.75 59 PPM 205878 22:01:37.7 -04:51:32 8.9 0.02 59 05NV125 22:01:33.8 -04:52:23 11.8 59 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/09/26 02:24:19 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute