Event between (523759) 14WK509 and star GA1180:00789927 with event index number of 2614495
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/01/02 12:44:47 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:21:39.0 +28:39:43
Equinox of date position of star is 04:23:08.6 +28:43:02
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 105 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 65% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6
Object is 51.7 AU from the Sun
and 50.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 107 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1934 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.4
Diameter=783.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.2 sec chord
Diameter=319.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 523759, (2024/01/02 12:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:18.0 +16:33:20 0.8 12.59 104 44Zet Per 03:55:38.8 +31:57:11 2.8 6.76 110 PPM 093607 04:36:08.4 +29:00:33 5.7 2.86 102 PPM 093434 04:22:07.8 +28:56:51 8.0 0.32 105 PPM 093444 04:23:06.4 +28:28:17 11.3 0.25 105 523759 04:23:08.8 +28:43:02 16.3 105 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 523759, (2024/01/02 12:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 12.59 104 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 6.76 110 PPM 093607 04:34:38.0 +28:57:40 5.7 2.86 102 PPM 093434 04:20:37.8 +28:53:31 8.0 0.32 105 PPM 093444 04:21:36.8 +28:24:58 11.3 0.25 105 523759 04:21:39.0 +28:39:43 16.3 105 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/15 05:23:57 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute