Event between (19521) Chaos and star GA1200:02066073 with event index number of 1162558
Geocentric closest approach at 2021/11/22 01:03:24 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:54:21.1 +31:05:41
Equinox of date position of star is 05:55:45.6 +31:05:50
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 5 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 94% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.8
TNO is 41.2 AU from the Sun
and 40.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 21.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 377 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2212 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=711.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 32.5 sec chord
Diameter=290.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 13.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 19521, (2021/11/22 01:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:10.8 +16:33:06 0.8 23.05 21 Alnath 05:27:40.7 +28:37:26 1.6 6.57 7 PPM 071002 05:56:24.3 +31:42:10 5.9 0.62 6 PPM 070931 05:53:08.3 +30:57:41 7.7 0.58 5 PPM 070994 05:56:00.7 +31:10:04 10.0 0.09 5 19521 05:55:46.0 +31:05:51 16.4 5 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 19521, (2021/11/22 01:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 23.05 21 Alnath 05:26:17.5 +28:36:23 1.6 6.57 7 PPM 071002 05:54:58.9 +31:42:02 5.9 0.62 6 PPM 070931 05:51:43.5 +30:57:26 7.7 0.58 5 PPM 070994 05:54:35.7 +31:09:55 10.0 0.09 5 19521 05:54:21.1 +31:05:41 16.4 5 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/10 01:00:31 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute