Event between (281371) 08FC76 and star GA0880:02797630 with event index number of 2457616
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/03/16 15:34:28 UTC
J2000 position of star is 07:24:00.3 -00:47:15
Equinox of date position of star is 07:25:10.7 -00:50:01
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 152 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 33% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.1
Object is 13.5 AU from the Sun
and 13.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 74 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
922 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=83.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Diameter=34.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 281371, (2023/03/16 15:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:46:10.3 -16:44:56 -1.5 18.59 135 Alhena 06:39:03.1 +16:22:39 1.9 20.63 166 PPM 152483 07:23:14.9 +00:07:53 5.8 1.08 153 PPM 176881 07:24:20.6 -00:15:16 8.4 0.62 152 PPM 176893 07:25:23.9 -00:47:54 9.5 0.06 152 281371 07:25:11.2 -00:50:03 16.7 152 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, (2023/03/16 15:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Sirius 06:45:08.0 -16:43:24 -1.5 18.59 135 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 20.63 166 PPM 152483 07:22:03.5 +00:10:37 5.8 1.08 153 PPM 176881 07:23:09.4 -00:12:30 8.4 0.62 152 PPM 176893 07:24:13.0 -00:45:06 9.5 0.06 152 281371 07:24:00.3 -00:47:15 16.7 152 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/09 03:34:47 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute