Event between (553898) 12BZ159 and star GA0900:03825715 with event index number of 2226369
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/09 17:37:56 UTC
J2000 position of star is 12:02:34.1 +00:35:17
Equinox of date position of star is 12:03:41.2 +00:28:00
Stellar brightness G=15.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 137 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6
TNO is 38.1 AU from the Sun
and 37.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 302 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2362 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.7
Diameter=280.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 15.8 sec chord
Diameter=114.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 553898, (2024/02/09 17:38UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:28.0 -11:17:11 1.0 23.65 113 Denebola 11:50:17.4 +14:26:14 2.1 14.38 145 10 Vir 12:10:55.5 +01:45:46 5.9 2.21 136 PPM 158389 12:00:17.4 +00:23:48 7.3 0.88 138 PPM 158438 12:03:35.4 +00:25:45 8.9 0.06 137 553898 12:03:48.2 +00:27:13 15.3 137 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 553898, (2024/02/09 17:38UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 23.65 113 Denebola 11:49:02.9 +14:34:17 2.1 14.38 145 10 Vir 12:09:41.4 +01:53:49 5.9 2.21 136 PPM 158389 11:59:03.2 +00:31:51 7.3 0.88 138 PPM 158438 12:02:21.3 +00:33:49 8.9 0.06 137 553898 12:02:34.1 +00:35:17 15.3 137 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/22 00:32:29 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute