Event between 09XM26 and star GA0940:03308341 with event index number of 2075145
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/02 18:49:10 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:50:44.9 +04:53:04
Equinox of date position of star is 08:52:00.1 +04:47:39
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 59% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9
Object is 31.0 AU from the Sun
and 30.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.1
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 141 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2314 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.9
Diameter=161.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=65.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 09XM26, (2024/03/02 18:49UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:39.4 +11:50:53 1.3 20.45 93 Alphard 09:28:46.5 -08:45:52 2.0 16.36 93 PPM 155117 08:53:40.7 +05:14:53 6.5 0.61 107 PPM 155110 08:53:19.5 +04:22:28 7.2 0.53 107 PPM 155101 08:52:52.9 +04:52:54 9.3 0.23 107 09XM26 08:52:01.2 +04:47:35 16.6 107 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 09XM26, (2024/03/02 18:49UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:21.9 +11:58:02 1.3 20.45 93 Alphard 09:27:35.2 -08:39:30 2.0 16.36 93 PPM 155117 08:52:24.2 +05:20:25 6.5 0.61 107 PPM 155110 08:52:03.4 +04:27:59 7.2 0.53 107 PPM 155101 08:51:36.5 +04:58:24 9.3 0.23 107 09XM26 08:50:44.9 +04:53:04 16.6 107 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/04 04:09:46 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute