Event between (60558) Echeclus and star GA1080:00707908 with event index number of 251879
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/03/08 21:44:45 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:51:18.8 +18:09:03
Equinox of date position of star is 04:52:29.2 +18:11:01
Stellar brightness G=16.1,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 84 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 99% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=20.2
TNO is 9.5 AU from the Sun
and 9.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 11.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
6.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 31 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
347 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=75.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Diameter=31.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 60558, (2020/03/08 21:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:04.9 +16:32:54 0.8 4.02 88 Alnath 05:27:34.2 +28:37:21 1.6 13.17 74 97 Tau 04:52:33.5 +18:52:21 5.1 0.69 83 PPM 120283 04:49:53.2 +18:44:29 7.8 0.83 84 PPM 120321 04:51:57.2 +18:21:25 9.8 0.22 84 60558 04:52:29.3 +18:11:01 16.1 83 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 60558, (2020/03/08 21:45UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 4.02 88 Alnath 05:26:17.5 +28:36:23 1.6 13.17 74 97 Tau 04:51:22.6 +18:50:23 5.1 0.69 83 PPM 120283 04:48:42.4 +18:42:26 7.8 0.83 84 PPM 120321 04:50:46.6 +18:19:26 9.8 0.22 84 60558 04:51:18.8 +18:09:03 16.1 84 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2020/02/24 21:26:47 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute