Event between (559176) 15BE518 and star GA0760:04788162 with event index number of 2643819
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/02/16 17:25:54 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:21:57.0 -12:40:08
Equinox of date position of star is 13:23:14.9 -12:47:47
Stellar brightness G=15.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 115 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0
Object is 16.8 AU from the Sun
and 16.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 109 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
887 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=119.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.2 sec chord
Diameter=48.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 559176, (2026/02/16 17:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:34.4 -11:17:49 1.0 1.70 115 68 Vir 13:28:06.3 -12:50:34 5.3 1.16 114 PPM 227185 13:23:31.4 -12:42:57 6.9 0.10 115 559176 13:23:20.2 -12:48:18 15.5 114 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 559176, (2026/02/16 17:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 1.70 115 68 Vir 13:26:43.0 -12:42:28 5.3 1.16 114 PPM 227185 13:22:08.3 -12:34:47 6.9 0.10 115 559176 13:21:57.0 -12:40:08 15.5 115 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:25:21 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute