Event between 10WM75 and star GA0940:01128413 with event index number of 2109471
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/16 21:10:58 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:06:01.6 +05:47:44
Equinox of date position of star is 06:07:11.8 +05:47:32
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 19% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.4
TNO is 43.2 AU from the Sun
and 42.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 190 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2274 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.0
Diameter=373.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.8 sec chord
Diameter=152.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 10WM75, (2023/12/16 21:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:28.2 +07:24:34 0.4 3.14 129 Bellatrix 05:26:25.0 +06:22:10 1.6 10.18 121 63 Ori 06:06:14.9 +05:25:00 6.4 0.46 130 PPM 149886 06:07:09.5 +05:44:03 7.6 0.07 131 10WM75 06:07:18.5 +05:47:30 15.8 131 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 10WM75, (2023/12/16 21:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 3.14 129 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 10.18 121 63 Ori 06:04:58.1 +05:25:12 6.4 0.46 130 PPM 149886 06:05:52.6 +05:44:16 7.6 0.07 131 10WM75 06:06:01.6 +05:47:44 15.8 131 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/16 00:46:28 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute