Event between 12UK177 and star GA1160:00429854 with event index number of 2086518
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/27 17:43:29 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:09:49.0 +26:23:53
Equinox of date position of star is 03:11:10.1 +26:29:01
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 77 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 25% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=24.3
TNO is 35.4 AU from the Sun
and 34.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 315 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4390 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.7
Diameter=109.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Diameter=44.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 12UK177, (2022/12/27 17:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:14.5 +16:33:13 0.8 22.30 93 44Zet Per 03:55:35.0 +31:57:00 2.8 11.11 88 56 Ari 03:13:36.7 +27:20:32 5.6 1.01 78 PPM 092264 03:11:49.3 +26:58:57 7.3 0.52 77 PPM 092248 03:11:06.6 +26:22:52 10.6 0.10 77 12UK177 03:11:10.9 +26:29:04 15.8 77 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 12UK177, (2022/12/27 17:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 22.30 93 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 11.11 88 56 Ari 03:12:14.2 +27:15:25 5.6 1.01 78 PPM 092264 03:10:27.1 +26:53:48 7.3 0.52 77 PPM 092248 03:09:44.7 +26:17:41 10.6 0.10 77 12UK177 03:09:49.0 +26:23:53 15.8 77 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/01 04:18:21 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute