Event between 16AN278 and star GA1020:03075094 with event index number of 1950232
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/30 14:40:39 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:03:14.6 +13:34:06
Equinox of date position of star is 08:04:27.6 +13:30:22
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 78 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 19% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.7
TNO is 37.1 AU from the Sun
and 36.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 13.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 226 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1515 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=248.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.8 sec chord
Diameter=101.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 16AN278, (2021/11/30 14:41UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:39.3 +27:58:17 1.1 15.05 84 8 Cnc 08:06:17.6 +13:03:15 5.1 0.63 77 PPM 124801 08:05:19.3 +13:37:28 7.8 0.24 78 PPM 124783 08:04:38.1 +13:36:22 8.7 0.11 78 16AN278 08:04:28.1 +13:30:20 15.8 77 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 16AN278, (2021/11/30 14:41UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.9 +28:01:33 1.1 15.05 84 8 Cnc 08:05:04.4 +13:07:04 5.1 0.63 77 PPM 124801 08:04:05.8 +13:41:16 7.8 0.24 78 PPM 124783 08:03:24.6 +13:40:08 8.7 0.11 78 16AN278 08:03:14.6 +13:34:06 15.8 78 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/09 01:01:49 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute