Event between (470443) 07XV50 and star GA1240:01725633 with event index number of 2230815
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/03/31 00:48:00 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:16:27.5 +34:22:37
Equinox of date position of star is 05:18:03.5 +34:24:07
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 72% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5
Object is 47.2 AU from the Sun
and 47.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 297 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3310 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=717.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 50.7 sec chord
Diameter=293.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 20.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 470443, (2024/03/31 00:48UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:18.9 +16:33:22 0.8 20.05 169 3Iot Aur 04:58:34.6 +33:12:08 2.7 4.22 174 17 Aur 05:19:54.9 +33:47:29 6.1 0.72 172 PPM 070103 05:17:29.6 +34:26:52 8.0 0.13 171 470443 05:18:03.8 +34:24:07 16.7 171 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 470443, (2024/03/31 00:48UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 20.05 169 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 4.22 174 17 Aur 05:18:19.0 +33:46:02 6.1 0.72 172 PPM 070103 05:15:53.2 +34:25:21 8.0 0.13 171 470443 05:16:27.5 +34:22:37 16.7 171 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/02 05:30:59 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute