Event between (15874) 96TL66 and star GA0920:00987673 with event index number of 1656934
Geocentric closest approach at 2027/01/17 18:53:50 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:59:24.9 +03:31:18
Equinox of date position of star is 06:00:40.7 +03:31:18
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 45 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 71% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5
Object is 40.5 AU from the Sun
and 39.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 111 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1542 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=487.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.6 sec chord
Diameter=199.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 15874, (2027/01/17 18:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:38.2 +07:24:35 0.4 4.03 42 34Del Ori 05:33:23.4 -00:16:53 2.2 7.84 41 66 Ori 06:06:24.1 +04:09:17 5.6 1.53 46 PPM 149766 06:02:14.3 +02:54:54 7.6 0.70 46 PPM 149747 06:01:40.1 +03:27:38 9.6 0.22 45 15874 06:00:50.3 +03:31:18 15.9 45 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 15874, (2027/01/17 18:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 4.03 42 34Del Ori 05:32:00.4 -00:17:57 2.2 7.84 41 66 Ori 06:04:58.3 +04:09:31 5.6 1.53 46 PPM 149766 06:00:49.3 +02:54:58 7.6 0.70 46 PPM 149747 06:00:14.8 +03:27:40 9.6 0.22 45 15874 05:59:24.9 +03:31:18 15.9 45 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/09 04:32:55 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute