Event between 14XW40 and star GA0780:04076814 with event index number of 2571562
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/12/19 07:23:14 UTC
J2000 position of star is 11:16:47.2 -11:14:08
Equinox of date position of star is 11:17:57.8 -11:21:48
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 162 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 45% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1
Object is 38.1 AU from the Sun
and 38.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 7.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 205 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3296 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.1
Diameter=354.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 45.1 sec chord
Diameter=144.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14XW40, (2023/12/19 07:20UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:38.8 +11:50:57 1.3 28.76 159 4Gam Crv 12:17:02.5 -17:40:30 2.6 15.61 154 PPM 224159 11:16:52.1 -12:43:25 6.5 1.38 161 PPM 224154 11:16:36.1 -11:43:10 7.0 0.49 162 PPM 224199 11:18:47.5 -11:14:00 8.8 0.24 163 14XW40 11:17:59.7 -11:22:00 15.8 162 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 14XW40, (2023/12/19 07:20UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:21.9 +11:58:02 1.3 28.76 159 4Gam Crv 12:15:48.1 -17:32:30 2.6 15.61 154 PPM 224159 11:15:39.8 -12:35:34 6.5 1.38 161 PPM 224154 11:15:23.6 -11:35:18 7.0 0.49 162 PPM 224199 11:17:34.9 -11:06:07 8.8 0.24 163 14XW40 11:16:47.2 -11:14:08 15.8 162 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/03 03:53:46 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute