Event between (66652) Borasisi and star GA0880:19265158 with event index number of 2400541
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/02 13:05:13 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:51:15.5 -01:34:31
Equinox of date position of star is 23:52:22.6 -01:27:14
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 84 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 45% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.2
TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun
and 41.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 82 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1704 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.4 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 66652, (2022/10/02 13:05UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:54.2 -29:30:04 1.2 30.81 61 Algenib 00:14:24.6 +15:18:36 2.8 17.62 97 20 Psc 23:49:06.7 -02:38:06 5.5 1.45 83 PPM 208118 23:55:48.6 -01:49:11 7.6 0.92 85 PPM 208035 23:52:19.4 -01:48:36 9.5 0.36 84 66652 23:52:25.5 -01:26:55 15.6 84 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 66652, (2022/10/02 13:05UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 30.81 61 Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 17.62 97 20 Psc 23:47:56.7 -02:45:42 5.5 1.45 83 PPM 208118 23:54:38.7 -01:56:47 7.6 0.92 85 PPM 208035 23:51:09.4 -01:56:11 9.5 0.36 84 66652 23:51:15.5 -01:34:31 15.6 84 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/25 23:30:00 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute