Event between 13VF24 and star GA1040:01244343 with event index number of 2467039
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/16 07:27:31 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:52:47.7 +15:16:34
Equinox of date position of star is 05:54:06.9 +15:16:47
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 36% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8
Object is 27.5 AU from the Sun
and 27.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 177 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2122 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=140.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.0 sec chord
Diameter=57.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
Star training set for 13VF24, (2023/03/16 07:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:25.7 +07:24:34 0.4 7.89 156 Alhena 06:39:03.1 +16:22:39 1.9 10.86 168 137 Tau 05:53:41.4 +14:10:33 5.5 1.11 161 PPM 121573 05:55:57.3 +15:30:37 8.1 0.50 162 PPM 121514 05:53:43.8 +15:10:44 10.0 0.14 161 13VF24 05:54:07.5 +15:16:47 16.3 162 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 13VF24, (2023/03/16 07:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 7.89 156 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 10.86 168 137 Tau 05:52:22.2 +14:10:18 5.5 1.11 161 PPM 121573 05:54:37.3 +15:30:27 8.1 0.50 162 PPM 121514 05:52:24.0 +15:10:30 10.0 0.14 161 13VF24 05:52:47.7 +15:16:34 16.3 162 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/08 03:31:26 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute