Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0560:07494169 with event index number of 2281492
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/16 06:12:47 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:00:58.0 -32:12:23
Equinox of date position of star is 15:02:21.9 -32:17:44
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 19 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 38% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=19.4
TNO is 8.7 AU from the Sun
and 9.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
13.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 22 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
371 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 3.0 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 459865, (2023/01/16 06:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:49.4 -26:28:52 0.9 20.08 30 Bet Lup 15:00:03.1 -43:13:31 2.7 10.94 29 PPM 293387 15:04:24.3 -32:43:58 5.4 0.61 19 PPM 293324 15:01:16.4 -32:44:11 8.5 0.50 19 PPM 293359 15:02:49.3 -32:02:26 9.5 0.27 19 459865 15:02:22.7 -32:17:48 16.2 19 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 459865, (2023/01/16 06:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 20.08 30 Bet Lup 14:58:31.9 -43:08:03 2.7 10.94 29 PPM 293387 15:02:59.3 -32:38:37 5.4 0.61 19 PPM 293324 14:59:51.6 -32:38:45 8.5 0.50 19 PPM 293359 15:01:24.8 -31:57:03 9.5 0.27 19 459865 15:00:58.0 -32:12:23 16.2 19 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/24 03:54:05 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute