Event between (160427) 05RL43 and star GA1000:00713466 with event index number of 1967218
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/27 20:21:31 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:17:45.6 +10:25:03
Equinox of date position of star is 05:19:05.1 +10:26:30
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 73 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 51% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0
Object is 24.8 AU from the Sun
and 23.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 48 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
869 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.0
Diameter=155.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.7 sec chord
Diameter=63.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 160427, (2025/12/27 20:21UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:34.8 +07:24:35 0.4 9.72 83 Bellatrix 05:26:31.6 +06:22:16 1.6 4.46 75 18 Ori 05:17:30.9 +11:22:06 5.6 1.01 73 PPM 120822 05:20:32.3 +10:33:31 8.1 0.35 74 PPM 120806 05:19:24.9 +10:08:13 8.7 0.31 73 PPM 120812 05:19:58.8 +10:22:04 11.0 0.21 74 160427 05:19:11.8 +10:26:37 15.8 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 160427, (2025/12/27 20:21UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 9.72 83 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 4.46 75 18 Ori 05:16:04.1 +11:20:29 5.6 1.01 73 PPM 120822 05:19:06.1 +10:32:00 8.1 0.35 74 PPM 120806 05:17:58.9 +10:06:39 8.7 0.31 73 PPM 120812 05:18:32.6 +10:20:32 11.0 0.21 74 160427 05:17:45.6 +10:25:03 15.8 73 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/22 05:58:42 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute