Event between (120132) 03FY128 and star GA0680:05732800 with event index number of 1056509
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/03/01 03:08:38 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:47:24.7 -20:52:22
Equinox of date position of star is 13:48:34.1 -20:58:36
Stellar brightness G=17.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 31 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.0
TNO is 40.6 AU from the Sun
and 40.0 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 14.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 104 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1449 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=663.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 47.5 sec chord
Diameter=271.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 19.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 120132, (2021/03/01 03:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:18.7 -11:16:16 1.0 11.08 20 89 Vir 13:51:01.5 -18:14:20 5.0 2.80 29 PPM 262056 13:47:55.4 -20:57:25 8.2 0.15 31 120132 13:48:34.7 -20:58:40 17.0 31 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 120132, (2021/03/01 03:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 11.08 20 89 Vir 13:49:52.1 -18:08:04 5.0 2.80 29 PPM 262056 13:46:45.5 -20:51:07 8.2 0.15 31 120132 13:47:24.7 -20:52:22 17.0 31 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2020/12/16 22:36:22 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute