Event between (2060) Chiron and star GA0940:00044062 with event index number of 1106738
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/01/18 11:10:10 UTC
J2000 position of star is 00:28:01.6 +05:19:17
Equinox of date position of star is 00:29:09.7 +05:26:35
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=18.9
TNO is 18.9 AU from the Sun
and 19.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 46 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
698 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=420.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 27.3 sec chord
Diameter=171.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 2060, (2022/01/18 11:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:51.8 -29:30:18 1.2 41.12 146 Algenib 00:14:22.4 +15:18:22 2.8 10.51 113 PPM 143688 00:38:38.7 +03:15:22 6.4 3.22 114 PPM 143562 00:31:16.8 +04:58:55 7.0 0.70 115 PPM 143517 00:28:22.1 +05:45:33 9.5 0.37 115 2060 00:29:09.8 +05:26:36 16.0 114 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 2060, (2022/01/18 11:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 41.12 146 Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 10.51 113 PPM 143688 00:37:30.6 +03:08:06 6.4 3.22 114 PPM 143562 00:30:08.7 +04:51:37 7.0 0.70 115 PPM 143517 00:27:13.9 +05:38:14 9.5 0.37 115 2060 00:28:01.6 +05:19:17 16.0 115 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/10 00:02:51 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute