Event between (307616) 03QW90 and star GA0980:00122718 with event index number of 1110108
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/06/15 18:01:46 UTC
J2000 position of star is 01:24:33.2 +09:42:17
Equinox of date position of star is 01:25:42.2 +09:49:05
Stellar brightness G=13.6,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 97% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6
TNO is 43.1 AU from the Sun
and 43.6 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 100 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1728 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=562.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 30.0 sec chord
Diameter=229.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 307616, (2022/06/15 18:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:12.7 +16:33:10 0.8 46.98 146 6Bet Ari 01:55:53.1 +20:55:01 2.6 13.26 112 PPM 144653 01:30:13.6 +07:24:34 6.4 2.65 101 PPM 144536 01:24:17.7 +09:18:14 7.7 0.63 100 PPM 144571 01:25:38.4 +09:44:20 9.9 0.09 101 307616 01:25:44.1 +09:49:16 13.6 101 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 307616, (2022/06/15 18:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 46.98 146 6Bet Ari 01:54:38.5 +20:48:26 2.6 13.26 112 PPM 144653 01:29:03.1 +07:17:38 6.4 2.65 101 PPM 144536 01:23:06.9 +09:11:14 7.7 0.63 100 PPM 144571 01:24:27.5 +09:37:21 9.9 0.09 101 307616 01:24:33.2 +09:42:17 13.6 101 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/15 00:47:27 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute