Event between 14UO224 and star GA1100:01762381 with event index number of 1976499
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/05 00:35:52 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:07:24.9 +20:55:00
Equinox of date position of star is 06:08:50.4 +20:54:43
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 157 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 30% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6
Object is 37.9 AU from the Sun
and 37.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 231 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1630 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=442.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.0 sec chord
Diameter=180.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14UO224, (2024/02/05 00:36UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:28.6 +07:24:34 0.4 13.83 153 Alhena 06:39:06.2 +16:22:36 1.9 8.48 149 62Chi2Ori 06:05:21.1 +20:08:09 4.5 1.13 158 PPM 095519 06:11:05.6 +20:28:54 7.2 0.68 157 PPM 095360 06:06:42.9 +20:27:47 9.4 0.67 158 PPM 095443 06:09:20.8 +21:18:09 10.5 0.41 157 14UO224 06:08:51.3 +20:54:43 16.7 157 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 14UO224, (2024/02/05 00:36UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 13.83 153 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 8.48 149 62Chi2Ori 06:03:55.2 +20:08:18 4.5 1.13 158 PPM 095519 06:09:39.5 +20:29:16 7.2 0.68 157 PPM 095360 06:05:16.7 +20:27:59 9.4 0.67 158 PPM 095443 06:07:54.2 +21:18:27 10.5 0.41 157 14UO224 06:07:24.9 +20:55:00 16.7 157 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/05 04:15:11 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute