Event between 12UC178 and star GA1080:00511741 with event index number of 1048189
Geocentric closest approach at 2019/10/12 20:39:06 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:12:13.5 +18:49:14
Equinox of date position of star is 04:13:20.0 +18:52:07
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 57 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8
TNO is 39.4 AU from the Sun
and 38.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 127 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1560 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=266.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.2 sec chord
Diameter=108.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
Star training set for 12UC178, (2019/10/12 20:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:03.5 +16:32:51 0.8 6.10 62 44Zet Per 03:55:22.8 +31:56:27 2.8 13.68 57 43Ome1Tau 04:10:19.3 +19:39:36 5.5 1.07 56 PPM 119720 04:15:23.9 +18:56:34 8.1 0.48 57 PPM 119707 04:14:11.4 +18:54:19 10.8 0.20 57 12UC178 04:13:22.4 +18:52:13 15.1 57 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 12UC178, (2019/10/12 20:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 6.10 62 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 13.68 57 43Ome1Tau 04:09:10.1 +19:36:33 5.5 1.07 56 PPM 119720 04:14:15.0 +18:53:38 8.1 0.48 57 PPM 119707 04:13:02.5 +18:51:21 10.8 0.20 57 12UC178 04:12:13.5 +18:49:14 15.1 57 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/02/01 22:22:37 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute