Event between 07VJ302 and star GA1000:00215818 with event index number of 2031572
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/06 11:01:07 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:27:48.9 +11:22:02
Equinox of date position of star is 02:29:02.6 +11:28:06
Stellar brightness G=13.1,
use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 17 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 40.3 AU from the Sun
and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 408 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5006 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=261.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Diameter=106.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 07VJ302, (2022/12/06 11:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:14.3 +16:33:13 0.8 31.47 16 Menkar 03:03:28.9 +04:10:42 2.5 11.21 17 24Xi Ari 02:26:03.0 +10:42:48 5.5 1.06 18 PPM 118269 02:30:11.7 +12:06:18 8.1 0.69 17 PPM 118252 02:29:27.3 +11:27:08 10.0 0.10 17 07VJ302 02:29:03.2 +11:28:09 13.1 17 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 07VJ302, (2022/12/06 11:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 31.47 16 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 11.21 17 24Xi Ari 02:24:49.1 +10:36:38 5.5 1.06 18 PPM 118269 02:28:57.2 +12:00:13 8.1 0.69 17 PPM 118252 02:28:13.0 +11:21:02 10.0 0.10 17 07VJ302 02:27:48.9 +11:22:02 13.1 17 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:16:59 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute