Event between 15BE568 and star GA0760:04754126 with event index number of 2643559
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/04/26 15:43:49 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:08:49.8 -13:56:58
Equinox of date position of star is 13:10:00.5 -14:04:05
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 144 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6
TNO is 21.9 AU from the Sun
and 20.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 68 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1124 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.2
Diameter=88.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=36.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 15BE568, (2022/04/26 15:44UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:22.3 -11:16:38 1.0 4.87 142 53 Vir 13:13:15.0 -16:19:06 4.8 2.38 142 PPM 226837 13:09:12.9 -14:24:26 8.3 0.39 144 PPM 226845 13:09:31.7 -13:56:41 9.5 0.17 144 15BE568 13:10:00.6 -14:04:05 15.6 143 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 15BE568, (2022/04/26 15:44UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 4.87 142 53 Vir 13:12:03.7 -16:12:01 4.8 2.38 142 PPM 226837 13:08:02.0 -14:17:19 8.3 0.39 144 PPM 226845 13:08:20.9 -13:49:34 9.5 0.17 144 15BE568 13:08:49.8 -13:56:58 15.6 144 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/04/17 00:14:13 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute