Event between 14UU228 and star GA1080:00362766 with event index number of 1976089
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/18 20:39:31 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:22:32.5 +19:55:35
Equinox of date position of star is 03:23:54.8 +20:00:37
Stellar brightness G=15.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 69 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 40% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.2
Object is 27.9 AU from the Sun
and 27.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 349 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3303 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.7
Diameter=68.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Diameter=28.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 14UU228, (2023/12/18 20:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:17.9 +16:33:20 0.8 17.75 85 44Zet Per 03:55:38.7 +31:57:10 2.8 13.90 79 63Tau2Ari 03:24:08.3 +20:49:34 6.2 0.82 69 PPM 119052 03:25:23.7 +19:59:26 8.2 0.35 69 PPM 092446 03:23:57.8 +20:13:23 10.4 0.21 69 14UU228 03:23:55.2 +20:00:38 15.0 69 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 14UU228, (2023/12/18 20:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 17.75 85 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 13.90 79 63Tau2Ari 03:22:45.2 +20:44:31 6.2 0.82 69 PPM 119052 03:24:00.9 +19:54:25 8.2 0.35 69 PPM 092446 03:22:35.0 +20:08:20 10.4 0.21 69 14UU228 03:22:32.5 +19:55:35 15.0 69 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/05 04:13:23 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute