Event between (578993) 14JP80 and star GA0760:23968198 with event index number of 2556354
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/08/06 15:30:30 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:57:54.5 -12:23:58
Equinox of date position of star is 20:59:06.1 -12:18:51
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 74 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 63% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.3
TNO is 42.1 AU from the Sun
and 41.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 25.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 67 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1512 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=570.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.6 sec chord
Diameter=232.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 578993, (2022/08/06 15:30UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:53.6 -29:30:07 1.2 32.66 94 Tarazed 19:47:20.0 +10:40:11 2.7 29.09 67 PPM 237993 20:51:56.4 -12:27:35 5.9 1.77 72 PPM 238151 20:59:15.9 -11:52:00 7.6 0.45 74 PPM 238156 20:59:19.9 -12:17:34 8.8 0.05 74 578993 20:59:08.7 -12:18:40 15.9 74 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 578993, (2022/08/06 15:30UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 32.66 94 Tarazed 19:46:15.6 +10:36:48 2.7 29.09 67 PPM 237993 20:50:42.0 -12:32:43 5.9 1.77 72 PPM 238151 20:58:01.9 -11:57:18 7.6 0.45 74 PPM 238156 20:58:05.7 -12:22:52 8.8 0.05 74 578993 20:57:54.5 -12:23:58 15.9 74 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/13 01:39:05 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute