Event between (281371) 08FC76 and star GA0880:03066993 with event index number of 2457532
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/12/19 19:34:04 UTC
J2000 position of star is 07:40:20.2 -01:37:03
Equinox of date position of star is 07:41:29.3 -01:40:17
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 17% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.9
TNO is 13.4 AU from the Sun
and 12.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
8.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 83 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
965 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.7 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 281371, (2022/12/19 19:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:46:09.6 -16:44:55 -1.5 20.31 109 15Rho Pup 08:08:31.4 -24:22:18 2.8 23.62 89 25 Mon 07:38:25.2 -04:09:50 5.1 2.61 101 PPM 177047 07:41:41.1 -01:53:00 8.2 0.22 101 PPM 177043 07:41:14.9 -01:28:13 9.3 0.21 101 PPM 177045 07:41:17.4 -01:47:22 10.3 0.13 101 281371 07:41:30.0 -01:40:19 16.0 101 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 281371, (2022/12/19 19:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:45:08.0 -16:43:24 -1.5 20.31 109 15Rho Pup 08:07:32.5 -24:18:14 2.8 23.62 89 25 Mon 07:37:16.6 -04:06:39 5.1 2.61 101 PPM 177047 07:40:31.4 -01:49:44 8.2 0.22 101 PPM 177043 07:40:05.0 -01:24:58 9.3 0.21 101 PPM 177045 07:40:07.6 -01:44:07 10.3 0.13 101 281371 07:40:20.2 -01:37:03 16.0 101 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/02 04:11:38 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute