Event between 06TO130 and star GA1080:00366356 with event index number of 2015997
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/12 13:07:54 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:23:59.7 +18:36:54
Equinox of date position of star is 03:25:21.4 +18:41:53
Stellar brightness G=14.0,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 158 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 0% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.5
Object is 31.0 AU from the Sun
and 30.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 98 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1252 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=183.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.7 sec chord
Diameter=75.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
Star training set for 06TO130, (2023/12/12 13:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:17.8 +16:33:20 0.8 17.26 169 44Zet Per 03:55:38.6 +31:57:10 2.8 14.90 166 63Tau2Ari 03:24:08.2 +20:49:34 6.2 2.15 159 PPM 119087 03:28:25.5 +18:50:19 6.6 0.74 159 PPM 119045 03:25:01.6 +18:38:22 9.1 0.10 158 06TO130 03:25:21.8 +18:41:55 14.0 159 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 06TO130, (2023/12/12 13:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 17.26 169 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 14.90 166 63Tau2Ari 03:22:45.2 +20:44:31 6.2 2.15 159 PPM 119087 03:27:03.3 +18:45:23 6.6 0.74 159 PPM 119045 03:23:39.6 +18:33:20 9.1 0.10 158 06TO130 03:23:59.7 +18:36:54 14.0 158 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/27 01:52:24 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute