Event between 14YY49 and star GA0900:03271541 with event index number of 2656899
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/12 09:39:31 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:13:17.2 +00:55:05
Equinox of date position of star is 08:14:31.3 +00:50:40
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.0
Object is 23.0 AU from the Sun
and 22.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 124 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1855 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.3 sec chord
Diameter=22.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 14YY49, (2024/03/12 09:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:47.7 +27:57:57 1.1 27.92 92 Alphard 09:28:46.6 -08:45:53 2.0 20.84 123 PPM 153760 08:03:31.4 +02:15:59 5.8 3.10 101 PPM 154126 08:15:54.0 +01:04:56 7.5 0.42 104 PPM 154085 08:14:44.6 +00:48:00 8.6 0.07 104 14YY49 08:14:32.0 +00:50:38 15.9 104 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 14YY49, (2024/03/12 09:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.9 +28:01:33 1.1 27.92 92 Alphard 09:27:35.2 -08:39:30 2.0 20.84 123 PPM 153760 08:02:15.9 +02:20:07 5.8 3.10 101 PPM 154126 08:14:39.0 +01:09:26 7.5 0.42 104 PPM 154085 08:13:29.8 +00:52:27 8.6 0.07 104 14YY49 08:13:17.2 +00:55:05 15.9 104 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/16 05:08:51 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute