Event between 14QM441 and star GA1000:00432389 with event index number of 2514424
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/15 00:09:22 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:23:12.7 +11:34:24
Equinox of date position of star is 04:24:32.9 +11:37:40
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 160 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 73% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3
Object is 28.7 AU from the Sun
and 28.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 702 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4684 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=120.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 9.2 sec chord
Diameter=49.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14QM441, (2024/08/15 00:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:20.2 +16:33:25 0.8 5.82 165 Bellatrix 05:26:27.2 +06:22:12 1.6 16.15 158 PPM 119911 04:28:50.4 +11:15:56 5.9 1.11 160 PPM 119836 04:24:38.7 +11:26:01 6.6 0.20 159 PPM 119846 04:25:05.1 +11:34:20 8.8 0.14 159 14QM441 04:24:34.6 +11:37:45 15.1 160 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 14QM441, (2024/08/15 00:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 5.82 165 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 16.15 158 PPM 119911 04:27:28.7 +11:12:44 5.9 1.11 160 PPM 119836 04:23:16.9 +11:22:40 6.6 0.20 159 PPM 119846 04:23:43.3 +11:31:00 8.8 0.14 159 14QM441 04:23:12.7 +11:34:24 15.1 159 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/13 04:35:05 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute