Event between 11UQ412 and star GA1040:00372082 with event index number of 2134589
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/20 19:44:43 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:42:30.7 +14:14:27
Equinox of date position of star is 03:43:45.3 +14:18:38
Stellar brightness G=14.4,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 45 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 34.8 AU from the Sun
and 34.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 908 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4888 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.6
Diameter=178.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.0 sec chord
Diameter=72.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 11UQ412, (2023/12/20 19:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:17.9 +16:33:20 0.8 13.07 58 Menkar 03:03:32.1 +04:10:57 2.5 14.19 34 PPM 119236 03:39:08.8 +15:30:27 6.4 1.65 44 PPM 119315 03:45:20.8 +14:41:41 8.5 0.52 45 PPM 119294 03:43:36.1 +14:35:48 9.9 0.29 45 11UQ412 03:43:51.1 +14:18:57 14.4 45 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 11UQ412, (2023/12/20 19:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 13.07 58 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 14.19 34 PPM 119236 03:37:47.9 +15:25:49 6.4 1.65 44 PPM 119315 03:44:00.1 +14:37:13 8.5 0.52 45 PPM 119294 03:42:15.5 +14:31:18 9.9 0.29 45 11UQ412 03:42:30.7 +14:14:27 14.4 45 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/24 00:32:37 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute