Event between (523734) 14QV441 and star GA0820:00277221 with event index number of 2372936
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/18 00:18:56 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:33:11.9 -07:41:15
Equinox of date position of star is 03:34:16.0 -07:36:53
Stellar brightness G=14.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 74 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.7
TNO is 19.0 AU from the Sun
and 18.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 20.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
5.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 52 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
799 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=106.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Diameter=43.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 523734, (2022/10/18 00:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:15:38.1 -08:10:37 0.1 25.09 53 Menkar 03:03:28.4 +04:10:40 2.5 14.08 75 PPM 185842 03:30:46.2 -06:43:40 6.2 1.25 74 PPM 185889 03:33:09.4 -07:45:51 8.1 0.32 74 PPM 185918 03:34:45.0 -07:30:33 9.5 0.15 73 523734 03:34:18.7 -07:36:42 14.4 73 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 523734, (2022/10/18 00:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:14:32.3 -08:12:06 0.1 25.09 53 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 14.08 75 PPM 185842 03:29:39.0 -06:48:18 6.2 1.25 74 PPM 185889 03:32:02.6 -07:50:25 8.1 0.32 74 PPM 185918 03:33:38.1 -07:35:05 9.5 0.15 73 523734 03:33:11.9 -07:41:15 14.4 74 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/15 00:49:15 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute