Event between (578835) 14GL54 and star GA0840:05309207 with event index number of 2553101
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/02/26 18:27:44 UTC
J2000 position of star is 16:56:28.6 -05:01:59
Equinox of date position of star is 16:57:43.2 -05:04:06
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 72 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 96% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1
Object is 37.0 AU from the Sun
and 37.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 142 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1519 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=338.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.3 sec chord
Diameter=138.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 578835, (2024/02/26 18:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:53.6 -26:29:01 0.9 22.35 68 13Zet Oph 16:38:29.5 -10:36:51 2.6 7.31 67 23 Oph 16:55:53.3 -06:11:30 5.3 1.21 71 PPM 200138 16:55:24.7 -04:22:43 8.1 0.91 71 PPM 200189 16:57:43.6 -05:11:38 9.5 0.12 72 578835 16:57:45.6 -05:04:10 16.9 72 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 578835, (2024/02/26 18:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 22.35 68 13Zet Oph 16:37:09.6 -10:34:01 2.6 7.31 67 23 Oph 16:54:35.6 -06:09:15 5.3 1.21 71 PPM 200138 16:54:08.1 -04:20:27 8.1 0.91 71 PPM 200189 16:56:26.5 -05:09:27 9.5 0.12 72 578835 16:56:28.6 -05:01:59 16.9 72 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/05/28 03:40:52 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute