Event between (523726) 14MJ70 and star GA0680:36651862 with event index number of 2647724
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/08/11 16:30:39 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:21:08.8 -20:06:45
Equinox of date position of star is 23:22:20.9 -19:59:13
Stellar brightness G=14.1,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 19% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.0
TNO is 37.8 AU from the Sun
and 36.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 94 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1525 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=342.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.7 sec chord
Diameter=139.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 523726, (2023/08/11 16:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:57.0 -29:29:48 1.2 10.90 113 98 Aqr 23:24:12.5 -19:58:17 4.0 0.43 104 PPM 274853 23:21:41.1 -19:53:54 8.4 0.19 104 523726 23:22:23.3 -19:58:58 14.1 104 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 523726, (2023/08/11 16:29UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 10.90 113 98 Aqr 23:22:58.1 -20:06:04 4.0 0.43 104 PPM 274853 23:20:26.6 -20:01:41 8.4 0.19 104 523726 23:21:08.8 -20:06:45 14.1 104 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/13 03:31:02 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute