Event between 07LJ38 and star GA0900:06998690 with event index number of 2028664
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/07/20 14:22:37 UTC
J2000 position of star is 18:11:45.1 +00:12:58
Equinox of date position of star is 18:12:54.9 +00:13:23
Stellar brightness G=14.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 7% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.2
TNO is 38.7 AU from the Sun
and 37.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 22.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 168 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2098 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=210.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.4 sec chord
Diameter=86.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 07LJ38, (2023/07/20 14:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:51.3 -26:28:56 0.9 36.30 101 60Bet Oph 17:44:38.2 +04:33:33 2.8 8.30 111 70 Oph 18:06:38.8 +02:29:48 4.9 2.77 117 PPM 165460 18:15:46.1 +00:11:04 7.7 0.70 120 PPM 165357 18:12:58.5 +00:07:38 9.4 0.10 119 07LJ38 18:12:57.4 +00:13:24 14.6 119 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 07LJ38, (2023/07/20 14:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 36.30 101 60Bet Oph 17:43:28.3 +04:34:06 2.8 8.30 111 70 Oph 18:05:27.8 +02:29:35 4.9 2.77 117 PPM 165460 18:14:33.8 +00:10:33 7.7 0.70 120 PPM 165357 18:11:46.1 +00:07:12 9.4 0.10 119 07LJ38 18:11:45.1 +00:12:58 14.6 119 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/09/27 03:15:22 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute