Event between 05VZ122 and star GA1020:01676629 with event index number of 1956926
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/27 22:00:37 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:19:49.0 +13:41:18
Equinox of date position of star is 06:21:03.5 +13:40:39
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 149 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 8% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 36.0 AU from the Sun
and 35.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 311 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3488 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=214.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.4 sec chord
Diameter=87.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 05VZ122, (2022/10/27 22:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:24.5 +07:24:34 0.4 8.72 152 Alhena 06:39:01.8 +16:22:40 1.9 5.10 146 PPM 122243 06:19:23.6 +14:22:21 6.2 0.81 150 PPM 122284 06:20:41.9 +13:45:58 8.5 0.13 150 05VZ122 06:21:06.5 +13:40:37 11.8 149 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 05VZ122, (2022/10/27 22:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 8.72 152 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 5.10 146 PPM 122243 06:18:05.6 +14:22:58 6.2 0.81 150 PPM 122284 06:19:24.3 +13:46:38 8.5 0.13 150 05VZ122 06:19:49.0 +13:41:18 11.8 149 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/09 01:25:34 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute