Event between (60608) 00EE173 and star GA0680:05969475 with event index number of 2248899
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/06/04 01:40:04 UTC
J2000 position of star is 14:42:02.1 -21:44:02
Equinox of date position of star is 14:43:18.1 -21:49:40
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 102 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 18% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.8
TNO is 26.7 AU from the Sun
and 25.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 69 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1114 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=121.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=49.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 60608, (2022/06/04 01:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:22.7 -11:16:40 1.0 21.21 81 27Bet Lib 15:18:13.0 -09:27:51 2.6 14.94 105 PPM 263395 14:48:30.4 -21:25:03 5.9 1.27 103 PPM 263257 14:42:23.7 -22:42:49 7.5 0.91 102 PPM 263307 14:44:49.6 -22:02:02 9.8 0.41 102 PPM 263262 14:42:41.2 -22:03:46 10.1 0.28 102 60608 14:43:18.8 -21:49:43 16.0 102 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 60608, (2022/06/04 01:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 21.21 81 27Bet Lib 15:17:00.3 -09:22:59 2.6 14.94 105 PPM 263395 14:47:13.6 -21:19:29 5.9 1.27 103 PPM 263257 14:41:06.7 -22:37:07 7.5 0.91 102 PPM 263307 14:43:32.8 -21:56:23 9.8 0.41 102 PPM 263262 14:41:24.4 -21:58:05 10.1 0.28 102 60608 14:42:02.1 -21:44:02 16.0 102 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/16 00:55:15 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute