Event between (593616) 15RG277 and star GA0960:00100489 with event index number of 2690760
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/06/17 01:00:59 UTC
J2000 position of star is 01:07:49.8 +06:38:43
Equinox of date position of star is 01:08:57.9 +06:45:41
Stellar brightness G=14.2,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 171 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 76% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5
TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun
and 42.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 423 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3129 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=228.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.5 sec chord
Diameter=93.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 593616, (2024/06/17 01:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Algenib 00:14:29.9 +15:19:10 2.8 15.88 159 80 Psc 01:09:38.0 +05:46:43 5.5 1.01 170 PPM 144219 01:05:03.5 +06:53:44 7.5 1.01 170 PPM 144307 01:10:00.8 +06:50:23 9.9 0.24 171 593616 01:09:06.1 +06:46:31 14.2 171 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 593616, (2024/06/17 01:01UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 15.88 159 80 Psc 01:08:21.8 +05:38:55 5.5 1.01 170 PPM 144219 01:03:47.2 +06:45:53 7.5 1.01 170 PPM 144307 01:08:44.4 +06:42:35 9.9 0.24 171 593616 01:07:49.8 +06:38:43 14.2 171 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/11/02 23:41:04 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute