Event between (24835) 95SM55 and star GA1300:01362786 with event index number of 1389264
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/06 02:05:17 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:58:12.5 +40:37:09
Equinox of date position of star is 03:59:50.2 +40:41:11
Stellar brightness G=14.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 157 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 10% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.5
Object is 37.8 AU from the Sun
and 37.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.6
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 158 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1957 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.6
Diameter=704.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.9 sec chord
Diameter=287.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 24835, (2024/10/06 02:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:20.7 +16:33:26 0.8 25.45 158 44Zet Per 03:55:41.7 +31:57:18 2.8 8.77 164 PPM 068974 04:01:19.2 +38:53:21 6.4 1.82 158 PPM 046720 04:03:35.1 +40:36:11 8.4 0.71 157 PPM 046652 03:58:22.7 +40:45:10 9.3 0.29 157 24835 03:59:53.2 +40:41:18 14.9 157 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 24835, (2024/10/06 02:09UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 25.45 158 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 8.77 164 PPM 068974 03:59:39.9 +38:49:14 6.4 1.82 158 PPM 046720 04:01:54.2 +40:32:08 8.4 0.71 157 PPM 046652 03:56:42.0 +40:40:58 9.3 0.29 157 24835 03:58:12.5 +40:37:09 14.9 157 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/08 05:09:14 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute