Event between (501581) 14OB394 and star GA0960:00070088 with event index number of 2241334
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/01 07:26:25 UTC
J2000 position of star is 00:45:53.8 +07:42:49
Equinox of date position of star is 00:47:08.4 +07:50:39
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 170 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 66% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 35.0 AU from the Sun
and 35.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 19.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 75 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1433 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=320.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.2 sec chord
Diameter=130.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 501581, (2024/02/01 07:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Algenib 00:14:28.8 +15:19:02 2.8 10.94 161 63Del Psc 00:49:56.1 +07:42:57 4.4 0.70 171 62 Psc 00:49:32.5 +07:25:52 7.0 0.72 170 PPM 143857 00:46:55.3 +07:58:34 8.6 0.14 170 501581 00:47:08.8 +07:50:42 16.9 170 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 501581, (2024/02/01 07:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 10.94 161 63Del Psc 00:48:41.1 +07:35:05 4.4 0.70 171 62 Psc 00:48:17.6 +07:18:00 7.0 0.72 170 PPM 143857 00:45:40.4 +07:50:41 8.6 0.14 170 501581 00:45:53.8 +07:42:49 16.9 170 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/22 05:45:57 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute