Event between (123509) 00WK183 and star GA1100:02211575 with event index number of 2142473
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/11/20 18:17:43 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:34:09.6 +21:11:57
Equinox of date position of star is 06:35:28.6 +21:10:50
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 145 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 0% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.9
TNO is 42.5 AU from the Sun
and 41.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 374 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1850 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.1 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 123509, (2025/11/20 18:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:34.4 +07:24:35 0.4 16.70 148 Alhena 06:39:12.4 +16:22:30 1.9 4.87 143 PPM 096308 06:40:38.7 +22:00:21 6.0 1.42 144 PPM 096191 06:35:53.8 +21:25:14 8.4 0.25 145 PPM 096163 06:35:19.2 +21:01:56 8.7 0.17 145 123509 06:35:42.5 +21:10:38 15.9 145 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 123509, (2025/11/20 18:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 16.70 148 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 4.87 143 PPM 096308 06:39:05.3 +22:01:51 6.0 1.42 144 PPM 096191 06:34:20.7 +21:26:34 8.4 0.25 145 PPM 096163 06:33:46.4 +21:03:13 8.7 0.17 145 123509 06:34:09.6 +21:11:57 15.9 145 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/06 23:42:36 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute