Event between (576212) 12HL85 and star GA0700:05692758 with event index number of 2523585
Geocentric closest approach at 2023/01/19 03:02:20 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:14:47.1 -18:46:06
Equinox of date position of star is 15:16:01.6 -18:50:53
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 29 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 11% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8
TNO is 41.0 AU from the Sun
and 41.4 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 16.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 184 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2655 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 576212, (2023/01/19 03:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:49.5 -26:28:52 0.9 18.82 10 27Bet Lib 15:18:15.0 -09:28:00 2.6 9.40 33 28 Lib 15:22:12.4 -18:14:26 6.4 1.57 28 PPM 229945 15:15:39.1 -19:02:16 7.7 0.21 29 PPM 229960 15:16:14.4 -18:45:45 9.3 0.10 29 576212 15:16:05.9 -18:51:10 16.6 28 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 576212, (2023/01/19 03:02UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 18.82 10 27Bet Lib 15:17:00.3 -09:22:59 2.6 9.40 33 28 Lib 15:20:53.7 -18:09:32 6.4 1.57 28 PPM 229945 15:14:20.2 -18:57:12 7.7 0.21 29 PPM 229960 15:14:55.7 -18:40:41 9.3 0.10 29 576212 15:14:47.1 -18:46:06 16.6 29 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/16 01:13:20 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute