Event between 12TE324 and star GA0980:00207517 with event index number of 1562707
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/21 22:10:47 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:25:56.1 +09:08:18
Equinox of date position of star is 02:26:58.6 +09:13:32
Stellar brightness G=14.6,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 83 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 3% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 42.6 AU from the Sun
and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 291 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2295 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=293.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.9 sec chord
Diameter=119.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 12TE324, (2020/02/21 22:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:04.7 +16:32:54 0.8 32.49 116 Menkar 03:03:20.1 +04:10:03 2.5 10.34 90 73Xi 2Cet 02:29:14.0 +08:32:58 4.3 0.87 84 PPM 145563 02:25:35.3 +09:48:12 7.7 0.67 83 PPM 145577 02:26:42.2 +08:48:42 9.1 0.42 83 12TE324 02:27:00.6 +09:13:42 14.6 84 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 12TE324, (2020/02/21 22:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 32.49 116 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 10.34 90 73Xi 2Cet 02:28:09.6 +08:27:36 4.3 0.87 84 PPM 145563 02:24:30.6 +09:42:46 7.7 0.67 83 PPM 145577 02:25:37.8 +08:43:18 9.1 0.42 83 12TE324 02:25:56.1 +09:08:18 14.6 83 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/07/02 02:30:31 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute