Event between (533208) 14DQ143 and star GA0760:04748306 with event index number of 1605655
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/02/28 20:39:52 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:06:35.4 -12:29:15
Equinox of date position of star is 13:07:37.1 -12:35:29
Stellar brightness G=15.0,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 161 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 23% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6
TNO is 35.5 AU from the Sun
and 34.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 105 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1928 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.0
Diameter=239.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.7 sec chord
Diameter=97.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 533208, (2020/02/28 20:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:15.5 -11:15:57 1.0 4.74 166 49 Vir 13:08:57.3 -10:50:52 4.9 1.78 162 PPM 226847 13:09:31.5 -11:52:13 7.5 0.86 162 PPM 226824 13:08:28.1 -12:46:34 9.0 0.27 161 533208 13:07:39.2 -12:35:41 15.0 161 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 533208, (2020/02/28 20:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 4.74 166 49 Vir 13:07:53.8 -10:44:26 4.9 1.78 162 PPM 226847 13:08:27.9 -11:45:47 7.5 0.86 162 PPM 226824 13:07:24.3 -12:40:08 9.0 0.27 161 533208 13:06:35.4 -12:29:15 15.0 161 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/07/02 02:31:20 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute