Event between 15VW165 and star GA1080:00454764 with event index number of 1967826
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/28 15:18:10 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:55:56.0 +18:45:09
Equinox of date position of star is 03:57:11.4 +18:48:53
Stellar brightness G=15.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 38% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8
TNO is 29.8 AU from the Sun
and 28.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 64 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1116 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.1
Diameter=134.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.8 sec chord
Diameter=55.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 1:1
Star training set for 15VW165, (2021/11/28 15:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:10.8 +16:33:06 0.8 9.79 101 44Zet Per 03:55:30.9 +31:56:49 2.8 13.14 106 PPM 119539 04:02:04.7 +18:15:15 6.5 1.29 108 PPM 119461 03:56:21.5 +18:39:12 8.4 0.26 110 15VW165 03:57:11.9 +18:48:55 15.2 109 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 15VW165, (2021/11/28 15:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 9.79 101 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 13.14 106 PPM 119539 04:00:49.0 +18:11:38 6.5 1.29 108 PPM 119461 03:55:05.6 +18:35:26 8.4 0.26 110 15VW165 03:55:56.0 +18:45:09 15.2 109 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/09 01:01:48 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute