Event between 15VU207 and star GA0700:00289001 with event index number of 2749270
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/10 00:36:56 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:35:55.8 -19:19:30
Equinox of date position of star is 03:37:00.1 -19:14:50
Stellar brightness G=15.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 134 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 26% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.2
Object is 30.5 AU from the Sun
and 30.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 17.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 78 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1344 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=222.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.1 sec chord
Diameter=91.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
Star training set for 15VU207, (2024/08/10 00:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:15:43.3 -08:10:30 0.1 26.35 117 Menkar 03:03:34.1 +04:11:05 2.5 24.83 152 PPM 213230 03:41:18.5 -19:30:52 6.3 1.04 133 PPM 213142 03:37:31.3 -19:17:48 7.6 0.13 134 15VU207 03:37:02.1 -19:14:41 15.4 134 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 15VU207, (2024/08/10 00:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:14:32.3 -08:12:06 0.1 26.35 117 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 24.83 152 PPM 213230 03:40:12.4 -19:35:34 6.3 1.04 133 PPM 213142 03:36:25.0 -19:22:36 7.6 0.13 134 15VU207 03:35:55.8 -19:19:30 15.4 134 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/08 05:26:05 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute