Event between 10VE253 and star GA1180:02793908 with event index number of 2106089
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/21 23:11:40 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:58:08.9 +29:53:10
Equinox of date position of star is 06:59:35.8 +29:51:14
Stellar brightness G=16.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 63 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 13% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.3
TNO is 20.2 AU from the Sun
and 19.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 3.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
0.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 282 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3614 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=61.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.5 sec chord
Diameter=24.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 10VE253, (2022/10/21 23:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:42.6 +27:58:09 1.1 10.48 53 PPM 097053 07:08:50.5 +28:08:22 6.2 2.65 61 PPM 096723 06:56:14.0 +29:47:49 8.0 0.73 64 PPM 072258 06:58:27.5 +29:59:53 9.4 0.29 63 10VE253 06:59:36.0 +29:51:14 16.8 63 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 10VE253, (2022/10/21 23:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.9 +28:01:33 1.1 10.48 53 PPM 097053 07:07:24.8 +28:10:36 6.2 2.65 61 PPM 096723 06:54:46.9 +29:49:39 8.0 0.73 64 PPM 072258 06:57:00.3 +30:01:47 9.4 0.29 63 10VE253 06:58:08.9 +29:53:10 16.8 63 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:15:34 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute