Event between (612583) 03QZ111 and star GA0960:00085801 with event index number of 2815961
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/09 14:36:30 UTC
J2000 position of star is 00:51:42.4 +07:46:05
Equinox of date position of star is 00:52:58.6 +07:54:03
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 169 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 1% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3
Object is 40.8 AU from the Sun
and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 176 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2644 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.2
Diameter=221.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 8.8 sec chord
Diameter=90.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 612583, (2026/10/09 14:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Algenib 00:14:37.1 +15:19:56 2.8 11.99 169 63Del Psc 00:50:04.4 +07:43:49 4.4 0.77 169 PPM 143969 00:52:19.2 +08:11:27 8.2 0.34 169 PPM 144010 00:54:07.5 +07:50:49 8.9 0.26 168 PPM 143998 00:53:31.6 +07:46:06 11.3 0.18 169 612583 00:53:05.8 +07:54:48 15.1 168 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 612583, (2026/10/09 14:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 11.99 169 63Del Psc 00:48:41.1 +07:35:05 4.4 0.77 169 PPM 143969 00:50:55.7 +08:02:44 8.2 0.34 169 PPM 144010 00:52:44.1 +07:42:06 8.9 0.26 168 PPM 143998 00:52:08.2 +07:37:23 11.3 0.18 169 612583 00:51:42.4 +07:46:05 15.1 169 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:25:23 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute