Event between (523800) 17KZ31 and star GA0880:03902798 with event index number of 352900
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/01/14 19:19:05 UTC
J2000 position of star is 11:05:40.5 -01:21:21
Equinox of date position of star is 11:06:41.2 -01:27:47
Stellar brightness G=15.4,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 12 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 80% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3
TNO is 12.1 AU from the Sun
and 11.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 28.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
12.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 32 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
820 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=55.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Diameter=22.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 523800, (2020/01/14 19:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:26.2 +11:52:07 1.3 19.50 18 Denebola 11:50:04.8 +14:27:36 2.1 19.21 8 PPM 178367 11:04:16.1 -00:51:41 6.2 0.86 11 PPM 178374 11:05:20.7 -01:23:12 7.1 0.35 12 PPM 178379 11:06:05.9 -01:22:40 10.2 0.17 12 523800 11:06:42.0 -01:27:51 15.4 12 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 523800, (2020/01/14 19:19UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:22.0 +11:58:02 1.3 19.50 18 Denebola 11:49:02.9 +14:34:17 2.1 19.21 8 PPM 178367 11:03:14.6 -00:45:11 6.2 0.86 11 PPM 178374 11:04:19.3 -01:16:42 7.1 0.35 12 PPM 178379 11:05:04.4 -01:16:09 10.2 0.17 12 523800 11:05:40.5 -01:21:21 15.4 12 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/10/15 22:05:39 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute