Event between (60608) 00EE173 and star GA0660:06373154 with event index number of 2248976
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/05/10 19:15:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:09:44.2 -23:24:48
Equinox of date position of star is 15:11:08.7 -23:30:14
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 146 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 9% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9
Object is 27.7 AU from the Sun
and 26.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 95 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1287 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=121.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.3 sec chord
Diameter=49.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 60608, (2024/05/10 19:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:54.3 -26:29:02 0.9 18.29 164 7Del Sco 16:01:46.7 -22:41:21 2.3 11.67 157 PPM 263889 15:11:16.9 -24:04:39 6.5 0.57 146 PPM 263863 15:10:18.1 -23:09:28 7.9 0.40 146 PPM 263865 15:10:22.0 -23:17:22 8.9 0.28 146 60608 15:11:09.6 -23:30:17 16.7 146 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, (2024/05/10 19:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 18.29 164 7Del Sco 16:00:20.0 -22:37:19 2.3 11.67 157 PPM 263889 15:09:51.3 -23:59:10 6.5 0.57 146 PPM 263863 15:08:53.0 -23:03:58 7.9 0.40 146 PPM 263865 15:08:56.8 -23:11:52 8.9 0.28 146 60608 15:09:44.2 -23:24:48 16.7 146 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/13 04:30:00 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute