Event between 13RF109 and star GA0880:00099885 with event index number of 2070817
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/13 14:46:00 UTC
J2000 position of star is 01:10:29.6 -00:42:36
Equinox of date position of star is 01:11:36.6 -00:35:40
Stellar brightness G=15.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 132 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 60% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6
TNO is 40.2 AU from the Sun
and 39.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 256 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3483 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=253.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 23.3 sec chord
Diameter=103.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 13RF109, (2024/08/13 14:47UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:00.3 -29:29:28 1.2 42.83 90 68Omi Cet 02:20:35.5 -02:52:01 2.0 17.35 143 38 Cet 01:16:04.7 -00:50:35 5.7 1.11 133 PPM 174861 01:12:28.3 -01:08:40 8.4 0.59 132 PPM 174860 01:12:11.8 -00:51:51 9.6 0.31 132 PPM 174857 01:11:03.2 -00:36:14 10.6 0.18 132 13RF109 01:11:45.2 -00:34:46 15.5 132 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 13RF109, (2024/08/13 14:47UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 42.83 90 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 17.35 143 38 Cet 01:14:49.2 -00:58:22 5.7 1.11 133 PPM 174861 01:11:12.8 -01:16:29 8.4 0.59 132 PPM 174860 01:10:56.2 -00:59:40 9.6 0.31 132 PPM 174857 01:09:47.6 -00:44:05 10.6 0.18 132 13RF109 01:10:29.6 -00:42:36 15.5 132 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/29 23:07:49 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute