Event between (483002) 14QS441 and star GA0820:00218757 with event index number of 2317667
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/09/12 05:06:21 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:49:47.1 -06:48:29
Equinox of date position of star is 02:50:52.2 -06:43:06
Stellar brightness G=14.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 31 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.1
TNO is 44.3 AU from the Sun
and 43.7 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 90 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1785 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.5
Diameter=487.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.5 sec chord
Diameter=199.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 483002, (2022/09/12 05:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:13.5 +16:33:11 0.8 35.11 57 68Omi Cet 02:20:29.7 -02:52:32 2.0 8.49 23 8Rho1Eri 03:02:17.1 -07:34:29 6.0 2.95 34 PPM 185012 02:47:41.4 -06:36:28 8.2 0.81 30 PPM 185093 02:51:28.1 -06:40:28 8.7 0.15 31 483002 02:50:54.5 -06:42:54 14.8 31 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 483002, (2022/09/12 05:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 35.11 57 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 8.49 23 8Rho1Eri 03:01:10.2 -07:39:49 6.0 2.95 34 PPM 185012 02:46:34.0 -06:42:07 8.2 0.81 30 PPM 185093 02:50:20.7 -06:46:02 8.7 0.15 31 483002 02:49:47.1 -06:48:29 14.8 31 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/08 01:49:58 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute