Event between 13XL40 and star GA0960:00351486 with event index number of 2749686
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/04 12:51:40 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:44:52.6 +07:51:01
Equinox of date position of star is 03:46:03.6 +07:55:05
Stellar brightness G=14.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 141 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 46% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4
TNO is 38.2 AU from the Sun
and 37.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.6
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 240 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2149 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=193.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.4 sec chord
Diameter=78.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 13XL40, (2024/01/04 12:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:18.1 +16:33:20 0.8 15.17 128 Menkar 03:03:32.3 +04:10:57 2.5 11.24 151 29 Tau 03:46:57.2 +06:07:25 5.3 1.81 140 PPM 146843 03:44:03.5 +07:58:41 8.0 0.53 141 PPM 146874 03:46:16.8 +08:23:37 8.7 0.47 141 PPM 146855 03:44:45.2 +08:01:03 11.1 0.36 141 13XL40 03:46:10.1 +07:55:28 14.4 140 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 13XL40, (2024/01/04 12:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 15.17 128 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 11.24 151 29 Tau 03:45:40.5 +06:03:00 5.3 1.81 140 PPM 146843 03:42:46.0 +07:54:11 8.0 0.53 141 PPM 146874 03:44:59.0 +08:19:11 8.7 0.47 141 PPM 146855 03:43:27.7 +07:56:34 11.1 0.36 141 13XL40 03:44:52.6 +07:51:01 14.4 141 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/03 00:36:30 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute