Event between (120347) Salacia and star GA1160:16064399 with event index number of 2141474
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/08/17 23:05:11 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:57:24.7 +26:22:03
Equinox of date position of star is 23:58:38.4 +26:30:05
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 74 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 95% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.8
Object is 45.2 AU from the Sun
and 44.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 128 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1856 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.2
Diameter=831.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 45.8 sec chord
Diameter=339.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 18.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 120347, (2024/08/17 23:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Deneb 20:42:16.3 +45:22:10 1.3 43.18 70 Algenib 00:14:30.4 +15:19:13 2.8 11.78 70 84Psi Peg 23:59:01.1 +25:16:42 4.7 1.23 73 PPM 115953 23:56:38.5 +26:05:30 7.6 0.61 73 PPM 116025 00:00:10.5 +26:15:04 9.6 0.42 74 PPM 115998 23:58:51.9 +26:26:27 10.5 0.08 74 120347 23:58:40.3 +26:30:17 16.0 74 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 120347, (2024/08/17 23:06UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Deneb 20:41:25.9 +45:16:49 1.3 43.18 70 Algenib 00:13:14.2 +15:11:01 2.8 11.78 70 84Psi Peg 23:57:45.5 +25:08:28 4.7 1.23 73 PPM 115953 23:55:23.0 +25:57:17 7.6 0.61 73 PPM 116025 23:58:54.8 +26:06:50 9.6 0.42 74 PPM 115998 23:57:36.3 +26:18:13 10.5 0.08 74 120347 23:57:24.7 +26:22:03 16.0 74 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:08:25 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute