Event between (278361) 07JJ43 and star GA0640:13374928 with event index number of 2181880
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/07/28 08:35:23 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:19:02.1 -25:26:21
Equinox of date position of star is 17:20:31.6 -25:27:46
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 138 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 47% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.7
Object is 40.6 AU from the Sun
and 39.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 370 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2274 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.5
Diameter=758.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 47.8 sec chord
Diameter=309.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 19.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 278361, (2024/07/28 08:24UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:55.1 -26:29:04 0.9 11.20 149 35Eta Oph 17:11:47.4 -15:45:13 2.6 9.92 140 PPM 266746 17:23:12.1 -24:55:43 6.5 0.80 137 PPM 266633 17:17:58.6 -25:19:51 7.3 0.60 139 PPM 266672 17:20:21.2 -25:12:04 9.5 0.27 138 278361 17:20:33.1 -25:27:47 16.3 138 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 278361, (2024/07/28 08:24UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 11.20 149 35Eta Oph 17:10:22.7 -15:43:29 2.6 9.92 140 PPM 266746 17:21:41.5 -24:54:23 6.5 0.80 137 PPM 266633 17:16:27.8 -25:18:20 7.3 0.60 139 PPM 266672 17:18:50.5 -25:10:37 9.5 0.27 138 278361 17:19:02.1 -25:26:21 16.3 138 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/02 05:56:35 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute