Event between 15KH162 and star GA0880:04655499 with event index number of 1956168
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/06/27 12:36:06 UTC
J2000 position of star is 16:05:13.6 -01:01:51
Equinox of date position of star is 16:06:25.6 -01:05:33
Stellar brightness G=15.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 43 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 61.1 AU from the Sun
and 60.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 128 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2264 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.0
Diameter=946.3 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 45.4 sec chord
Diameter=386.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 18.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 15KH162, (2023/06/27 12:36UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:51.1 -26:28:55 0.9 26.06 51 1Del Oph 16:15:34.7 -03:45:11 2.7 3.50 45 PPM 199363 16:11:04.4 -03:31:37 5.0 2.69 44 PPM 179703 16:05:54.0 -01:13:23 8.3 0.19 43 15KH162 16:06:26.4 -01:05:36 15.7 44 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 15KH162, (2023/06/27 12:36UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 26.06 51 1Del Oph 16:14:20.7 -03:41:43 2.7 3.50 45 PPM 199363 16:09:50.5 -03:28:00 5.0 2.69 44 PPM 179703 16:04:41.2 -01:09:37 8.3 0.19 43 15KH162 16:05:13.6 -01:01:51 15.7 43 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/03/25 02:59:29 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute