Event between 06RJ103 and star GA1000:00309524 with event index number of 2015161
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/11 11:34:39 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:30:17.6 +11:24:41
Equinox of date position of star is 03:31:30.6 +11:29:11
Stellar brightness G=15.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 85% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4
TNO is 30.1 AU from the Sun
and 30.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 77 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1302 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.4
Diameter=196.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.3 sec chord
Diameter=80.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
Star training set for 06RJ103, (2023/03/11 11:35UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:15.2 +16:33:15 0.8 16.71 146 Menkar 03:03:29.7 +04:10:46 2.5 10.08 165 PPM 119093 03:28:35.6 +12:48:54 6.5 1.51 162 PPM 119109 03:29:52.6 +11:28:10 8.0 0.41 162 PPM 119135 03:31:47.6 +11:36:00 9.9 0.12 161 06RJ103 03:31:33.9 +11:29:23 15.5 161 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 06RJ103, (2023/03/11 11:35UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 16.71 146 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 10.08 165 PPM 119093 03:27:18.7 +12:44:07 6.5 1.51 162 PPM 119109 03:28:36.3 +11:23:25 8.0 0.41 162 PPM 119135 03:30:31.2 +11:31:19 9.9 0.12 161 06RJ103 03:30:17.6 +11:24:41 15.5 162 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/12 01:54:05 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute