Event between 14YD50 and star GA0960:03473844 with event index number of 2574495
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/02 14:46:17 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:58:51.7 +06:02:42
Equinox of date position of star is 09:00:05.1 +05:57:16
Stellar brightness G=14.2,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 31 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 79% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 33.6 AU from the Sun
and 32.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 75 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1284 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.6
Diameter=279.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Diameter=114.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 14YD50, (2023/03/02 14:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:36.2 +11:51:11 1.3 18.15 42 Alphard 09:28:43.6 -08:45:36 2.0 16.35 47 16Zet Hya 08:56:37.0 +05:51:22 3.1 0.87 31 PPM 155220 08:57:46.5 +06:34:09 7.9 0.84 31 PPM 155278 09:00:32.9 +05:39:08 8.6 0.32 32 PPM 155262 08:59:38.1 +05:55:42 11.9 0.12 31 14YD50 09:00:05.3 +05:57:15 14.2 32 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 14YD50, (2023/03/02 14:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:21.9 +11:58:02 1.3 18.15 42 Alphard 09:27:35.2 -08:39:30 2.0 16.35 47 16Zet Hya 08:55:23.5 +05:56:44 3.1 0.87 31 PPM 155220 08:56:32.7 +06:39:33 7.9 0.84 31 PPM 155278 08:59:19.5 +05:44:36 8.6 0.32 32 PPM 155262 08:58:24.5 +06:01:09 11.9 0.12 31 14YD50 08:58:51.7 +06:02:42 14.2 31 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/02/10 03:58:44 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute