Event between (225088) Gonggong and star GA0780:22013424 with event index number of 1211892
Geocentric closest approach at 2022/10/14 23:57:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 22:25:53.2 -11:18:04
Equinox of date position of star is 22:27:00.1 -11:11:37
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 75% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.4
TNO is 89.0 AU from the Sun
and 88.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 191 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3545 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=1.9
Diameter=2477.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 138.1 sec chord
Diameter=1011.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 56.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 10:3EEEEEEE
Star training set for 225088, (2022/10/14 23:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:58:54.3 -29:30:03 1.2 19.76 108 50 Aqr 22:25:40.2 -13:24:48 5.8 2.26 109 PPM 240283 22:27:54.2 -11:06:42 7.8 0.21 108 225088 22:27:05.7 -11:11:05 16.5 108 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 225088, (2022/10/14 23:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 19.76 108 50 Aqr 22:24:27.1 -13:31:46 5.8 2.26 109 PPM 240283 22:26:41.7 -11:13:42 7.8 0.21 108 225088 22:25:53.2 -11:18:04 16.5 108 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2021/01/12 21:18:12 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute