Event between (136108) Haumea and star GA1040:03735761 with event index number of 2039155
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/19 19:59:14 UTC
J2000 position of star is 14:36:27.1 +14:59:36
Equinox of date position of star is 14:37:36.1 +14:53:20
Stellar brightness G=12.5,
use SENSEUP=16 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 250 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 89 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 75% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=17.3
Object is 50.0 AU from the Sun
and 49.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 80 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1798 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=0.2
Diameter=5420.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 242.3 sec chord
Diameter=2212.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 98.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 136108, (2024/03/19 20:00UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:16:46.2 +19:03:32 0.0 6.50 82 Alphekka 15:35:42.8 +26:38:04 2.2 17.93 95 29Pi 1Boo 14:41:52.1 +16:18:57 4.1 1.76 89 PPM 130657 14:33:59.0 +13:57:18 7.1 1.28 88 PPM 130712 14:38:12.0 +14:36:27 9.5 0.32 89 PPM 130705 14:37:50.0 +14:58:07 10.3 0.10 89 136108 14:37:36.1 +14:53:20 12.5 89 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 136108, (2024/03/19 20:00UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:15:38.0 +19:10:14 0.0 6.50 82 Alphekka 15:34:41.5 +26:42:51 2.2 17.93 95 29Pi 1Boo 14:40:43.7 +16:25:07 4.1 1.76 89 PPM 130657 14:32:49.6 +14:03:38 7.1 1.28 88 PPM 130712 14:37:02.9 +14:42:42 9.5 0.32 89 PPM 130705 14:36:41.1 +15:04:23 10.3 0.10 89 136108 14:36:27.1 +14:59:36 12.5 89 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 03:34:25 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute