Event between (602572) 14MD70 and star GA0760:26351046 with event index number of 2733514
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/11/08 11:56:55 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:40:28.5 -13:20:24
Equinox of date position of star is 23:41:36.4 -13:13:06
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 57 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 36.7 AU from the Sun
and 36.1 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 242 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2067 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=233.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.2 sec chord
Diameter=95.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 602572, (2022/11/08 11:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:54.5 -29:30:02 1.2 19.06 74 Diphda 00:44:44.1 -17:51:42 2.0 15.88 48 PPM 241898 23:38:50.6 -12:56:00 5.6 0.74 57 PPM 241912 23:39:44.5 -13:35:08 8.4 0.60 58 PPM 241937 23:41:17.2 -13:10:16 9.5 0.10 57 602572 23:41:39.3 -13:12:47 16.4 57 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 602572, (2022/11/08 11:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 19.06 74 Diphda 00:43:35.7 -17:59:11 2.0 15.88 48 PPM 241898 23:37:39.7 -13:03:36 5.6 0.74 57 PPM 241912 23:38:33.6 -13:42:44 8.4 0.60 58 PPM 241937 23:40:06.3 -13:17:52 9.5 0.10 57 602572 23:40:28.5 -13:20:24 16.4 57 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/12/02 01:05:41 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute