Event between (84719) 02VR128 and star GA1180:00618848 with event index number of 338023
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/09/25 03:43:13 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:50:16.8 +29:01:57
Equinox of date position of star is 03:51:31.5 +29:05:32
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 136 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=26.2
TNO is 40.3 AU from the Sun
and 39.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 12.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 469 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2914 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=631.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=257.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E+6:4II
Star training set for 84719, (2020/09/25 03:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:06.8 +16:32:58 0.8 16.33 143 44Zet Per 03:55:26.4 +31:56:37 2.8 2.97 137 PPM 068850 03:53:22.5 +31:13:45 6.3 2.17 136 PPM 092964 03:51:27.1 +29:42:21 7.9 0.61 136 PPM 092942 03:50:41.9 +28:41:49 9.4 0.44 135 PPM 092982 03:52:26.7 +29:10:06 10.9 0.21 136 84719 03:51:33.6 +29:05:38 16.3 136 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 84719, (2020/09/25 03:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 16.33 143 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 2.97 137 PPM 068850 03:52:04.4 +31:10:06 6.3 2.17 136 PPM 092964 03:50:10.0 +29:38:39 7.9 0.61 136 PPM 092942 03:49:25.4 +28:38:05 9.4 0.44 135 PPM 092982 03:51:09.9 +29:06:26 10.9 0.21 136 84719 03:50:16.8 +29:01:57 16.3 136 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2020/02/23 21:54:16 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute