Event between (120348) 04TY364 and star GA0820:00290288 with event index number of 2141579
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/08 21:09:25 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:41:24.2 -06:29:21
Equinox of date position of star is 03:42:35.1 -06:24:48
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 63 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 53% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2
Object is 38.6 AU from the Sun
and 37.8 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 64 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1381 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.3
Diameter=787.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 35.4 sec chord
Diameter=321.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 120348, (2024/12/08 21:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:15:44.3 -08:10:29 0.1 23.15 86 Menkar 03:03:35.2 +04:11:10 2.5 14.40 55 21 Eri 03:40:15.1 -05:32:52 6.2 1.05 63 PPM 186042 03:41:00.7 -06:41:51 7.6 0.49 63 PPM 186078 03:42:43.8 -06:27:53 9.3 0.06 63 120348 03:42:37.8 -06:24:38 16.5 64 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 120348, (2024/12/08 21:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:14:32.3 -08:12:06 0.1 23.15 86 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 14.40 55 21 Eri 03:39:01.1 -05:37:39 6.2 1.05 63 PPM 186042 03:39:47.3 -06:46:37 7.6 0.49 63 PPM 186078 03:41:30.2 -06:32:36 9.3 0.06 63 120348 03:41:24.2 -06:29:21 16.5 63 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:10:30 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute