Event between (248835) 06SX368 and star GA1140:02096422 with event index number of 2298677
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/16 21:37:19 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:18:40.9 +25:37:19
Equinox of date position of star is 06:20:11.7 +25:36:38
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 155 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 87% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7
Object is 19.9 AU from the Sun
and 20.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 339 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4748 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.4
Diameter=75.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Diameter=31.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 248835, (2025/04/16 21:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:32.5 +07:24:35 0.4 19.06 152 Alhena 06:39:10.4 +16:22:32 1.9 10.23 148 PPM 095919 06:26:17.2 +25:01:59 6.3 1.48 154 PPM 095750 06:20:17.5 +25:20:10 8.0 0.27 155 PPM 095752 06:20:20.0 +25:31:10 9.4 0.09 155 248835 06:20:14.8 +25:36:36 16.2 155 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 248835, (2025/04/16 21:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 19.06 152 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 10.23 148 PPM 095919 06:24:43.7 +25:02:55 6.3 1.48 154 PPM 095750 06:18:43.8 +25:20:53 8.0 0.27 155 PPM 095752 06:18:46.2 +25:31:53 9.4 0.09 155 248835 06:18:40.9 +25:37:19 16.2 155 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:45:00 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute