Event between 05VZ122 and star GA1020:01697928 with event index number of 1957062
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/13 21:10:20 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:20:47.7 +13:17:00
Equinox of date position of star is 06:22:02.2 +13:16:19
Stellar brightness G=14.3,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 127 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 8% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 36.2 AU from the Sun
and 35.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 23.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 212 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1782 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=214.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.9 sec chord
Diameter=87.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 8:5EEE
Star training set for 05VZ122, (2024/01/13 21:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:28.4 +07:24:34 0.4 8.61 120 Alhena 06:39:06.0 +16:22:36 1.9 5.14 132 PPM 122364 06:23:57.4 +12:33:23 6.4 0.84 128 PPM 122282 06:20:43.3 +12:58:42 7.9 0.45 127 PPM 122309 06:21:48.5 +13:05:33 8.9 0.20 127 05VZ122 06:22:09.2 +13:16:15 14.3 128 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, (2024/01/13 21:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 8.61 120 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 5.14 132 PPM 122364 06:22:36.3 +12:34:12 6.4 0.84 128 PPM 122282 06:19:22.0 +12:59:24 7.9 0.45 127 PPM 122309 06:20:27.1 +13:06:17 8.9 0.20 127 05VZ122 06:20:47.7 +13:17:00 14.3 127 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/20 00:11:18 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute