Event between 12BZ154 and star GA1000:03161796 with event index number of 1048065
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/26 01:38:49 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:19:48.3 +11:03:51
Equinox of date position of star is 08:20:51.0 +11:00:11
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 100 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 37.2 AU from the Sun
and 36.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 9.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 199 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1890 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 24.1 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 12BZ154, (2020/03/26 01:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:33.1 +27:58:33 1.1 18.79 90 17Bet Cnc 08:17:36.7 +09:07:19 3.5 2.05 99 PPM 125142 08:21:36.3 +10:26:23 8.5 0.58 100 PPM 125100 08:19:20.6 +11:01:20 9.2 0.39 99 PPM 125117 08:20:16.9 +10:50:57 11.0 0.22 100 12BZ154 08:20:54.8 +10:59:58 15.1 100 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 12BZ154, (2020/03/26 01:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:18.0 +28:01:33 1.1 18.79 90 17Bet Cnc 08:16:30.9 +09:11:07 3.5 2.05 99 PPM 125142 08:20:30.0 +10:30:17 8.5 0.58 100 PPM 125100 08:18:14.0 +11:05:11 9.2 0.39 99 PPM 125117 08:19:10.4 +10:54:49 11.0 0.22 100 12BZ154 08:19:48.3 +11:03:51 15.1 100 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/01 22:28:56 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute