Event between 15BL518 and star GA0640:06170880 with event index number of 2639080
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/02 10:25:36 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:22:21.1 -24:19:13
Equinox of date position of star is 13:23:38.0 -24:26:31
Stellar brightness G=14.3,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 39 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2
Object is 34.0 AU from the Sun
and 34.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 126 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2032 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=265.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.4 sec chord
Diameter=108.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 15BL518, (2024/01/02 10:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:27.7 -11:17:09 1.0 13.18 31 9Bet Crv 12:35:39.2 -23:31:45 2.6 11.00 32 46Gam Hya 13:20:13.9 -23:17:51 3.0 1.39 37 PPM 261519 13:21:37.4 -24:38:08 8.5 0.50 39 15BL518 13:23:40.1 -24:26:43 14.3 39 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 15BL518, (2024/01/02 10:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 13.18 31 9Bet Crv 12:34:23.2 -23:23:50 2.6 11.00 32 46Gam Hya 13:18:55.4 -23:10:19 3.0 1.39 37 PPM 261519 13:20:18.5 -24:30:37 8.5 0.50 39 15BL518 13:22:21.1 -24:19:13 14.3 39 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/15 19:16:11 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute