Event between 10BK118 and star GA0360:18182239 with event index number of 1089964
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/04/09 08:02:09 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:14:04.9 -53:46:22
Equinox of date position of star is 15:15:39.4 -53:51:03
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 7% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3
TNO is 19.7 AU from the Sun
and 19.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 28.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
7.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 79 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
960 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 10BK118, (2021/04/09 08:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel PPM 360911 14:41:03.6 -60:55:19 0.0 8.45 100 Alp Lup 14:43:21.3 -47:28:41 2.3 8.16 109 PPM 343490 15:12:52.0 -55:25:31 5.5 1.63 100 PPM 343508 15:13:53.8 -53:44:13 8.5 0.28 101 10BK118 15:15:39.4 -53:51:03 16.7 101 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 10BK118, (2021/04/09 08:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel PPM 360911 14:39:25.4 -60:49:53 0.0 8.45 100 Alp Lup 14:41:55.7 -47:23:18 2.3 8.16 109 PPM 343490 15:11:16.0 -55:20:46 5.5 1.63 100 PPM 343508 15:12:19.5 -53:39:29 8.5 0.28 101 10BK118 15:14:04.9 -53:46:22 16.7 101 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/04/07 23:50:20 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute