Event between 14KS101 and star GA0840:06659203 with event index number of 2501641
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/16 18:38:48 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:54:48.8 -04:00:09
Equinox of date position of star is 17:56:05.2 -04:00:19
Stellar brightness G=15.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 106 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2
Object is 37.5 AU from the Sun
and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 810 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5869 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.4
Diameter=310.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.8 sec chord
Diameter=126.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 14KS101, (2024/05/16 18:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:54.4 -26:29:02 0.9 30.34 90 60Bet Oph 17:44:40.7 +04:33:32 2.8 9.03 102 PPM 201226 17:58:05.0 -04:05:00 5.2 0.50 107 PPM 201187 17:55:33.3 -04:12:54 7.7 0.25 106 PPM 201193 17:56:07.9 -03:52:17 9.3 0.13 106 14KS101 17:56:06.0 -04:00:19 15.4 106 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 14KS101, (2024/05/16 18:39UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 30.34 90 60Bet Oph 17:43:28.3 +04:34:06 2.8 9.03 102 PPM 201226 17:56:47.8 -04:04:55 5.2 0.50 107 PPM 201187 17:54:16.0 -04:12:43 7.7 0.25 106 PPM 201193 17:54:50.8 -03:52:07 9.3 0.13 106 14KS101 17:54:48.8 -04:00:09 15.4 106 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/12 04:22:51 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute