Event between (15874) 96TL66 and star GA0940:00849957 with event index number of 1318569
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/11 00:02:20 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:39:46.1 +04:45:37
Equinox of date position of star is 05:41:02.7 +04:46:18
Stellar brightness G=17.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 150 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4
Object is 39.4 AU from the Sun
and 38.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 85 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1432 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=487.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.3 sec chord
Diameter=199.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 15874, (2024/01/11 00:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:28.4 +07:24:34 0.4 4.65 154 Bellatrix 05:26:25.3 +06:22:10 1.6 3.97 149 PPM 149151 05:36:00.4 +05:40:31 6.4 1.55 150 PPM 149292 05:41:01.6 +04:26:46 7.8 0.33 150 PPM 149275 05:40:25.2 +04:42:05 10.8 0.17 150 15874 05:41:02.7 +04:46:18 17.0 150 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 15874, (2024/01/11 00:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 4.65 154 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 3.97 149 PPM 149151 05:34:43.3 +05:39:40 6.4 1.55 150 PPM 149292 05:39:45.2 +04:26:04 7.8 0.33 150 PPM 149275 05:39:08.7 +04:41:23 10.8 0.17 150 15874 05:39:46.1 +04:45:37 17.0 150 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:06:23 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute