Event between (307463) 02VU130 and star GA1120:01587537 with event index number of 1391012
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/01/19 22:08:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:55:21.2 +23:23:28
Equinox of date position of star is 05:56:45.4 +23:23:36
Stellar brightness G=16.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 100 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 68% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8
Object is 38.7 AU from the Sun
and 37.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 276 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1586 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.4 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 307463, (2025/01/19 22:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:31.7 +07:24:35 0.4 15.98 100 Alnath 05:27:52.7 +28:37:35 1.6 8.35 107 PPM 095124 05:58:28.2 +24:15:04 5.8 0.93 100 PPM 095035 05:55:05.7 +24:17:25 8.1 0.99 101 PPM 095110 05:57:53.0 +23:44:53 9.6 0.42 100 PPM 095091 05:57:17.3 +23:01:30 10.8 0.38 100 307463 05:56:52.8 +23:23:36 16.8 100 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 307463, (2025/01/19 22:11UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 15.98 100 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:23 1.6 8.35 107 PPM 095124 05:56:56.1 +24:14:59 5.8 0.93 100 PPM 095035 05:53:33.6 +24:17:13 8.1 0.99 101 PPM 095110 05:56:21.2 +23:44:46 9.6 0.42 100 PPM 095091 05:55:46.0 +23:01:22 10.8 0.38 100 307463 05:55:21.2 +23:23:28 16.8 100 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/01/18 03:24:29 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute