Event between (119951) 02KX14 and star GA0660:22401159 with event index number of 2114403
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/03/02 20:03:58 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:59:27.2 -23:33:54
Equinox of date position of star is 18:00:55.6 -23:33:54
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 111 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 11% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.8
Object is 38.8 AU from the Sun
and 39.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 219 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1498 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.7
Diameter=691.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 48.1 sec chord
Diameter=282.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 19.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 119951, (2025/03/02 20:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:57.3 -26:29:08 0.9 20.58 131 Nunki 18:56:49.4 -26:15:47 2.0 12.94 99 4 Sgr 18:01:19.8 -23:48:58 4.8 0.26 111 PPM 267552 17:58:39.8 -23:56:26 6.5 0.65 112 PPM 267654 18:01:56.9 -23:30:06 9.4 0.23 111 119951 18:00:59.3 -23:33:54 16.5 111 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 119951, (2025/03/02 20:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 20.58 131 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 12.94 99 4 Sgr 17:59:47.6 -23:48:59 4.8 0.26 111 PPM 267552 17:57:07.5 -23:56:22 6.5 0.65 112 PPM 267654 18:00:24.9 -23:30:08 9.4 0.23 111 119951 17:59:27.2 -23:33:54 16.5 111 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/02/22 04:20:16 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute