Event between (307463) 02VU130 and star GA1120:02383560 with event index number of 2826728
Geocentric closest approach at 2029/09/02 05:00:44 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:34:49.4 +22:59:29
Equinox of date position of star is 06:36:13.5 +22:58:17
Stellar brightness G=13.9,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 17 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 40% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8
Object is 37.7 AU from the Sun
and 38.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 690 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1757 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=398.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.2 sec chord
Diameter=162.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 307463, (2029/09/02 04:54UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:47:07.9 +27:57:07 1.1 16.66 32 Alhena 06:39:25.5 +16:22:17 1.9 6.63 19 PPM 096308 06:40:52.3 +22:00:07 6.0 1.38 18 PPM 096248 06:38:30.2 +23:04:15 6.8 0.45 17 PPM 096214 06:36:55.1 +22:50:05 10.0 0.15 17 307463 06:36:37.3 +22:57:57 13.9 17 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, (2029/09/02 04:54UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.9 +28:01:33 1.1 16.66 32 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:56 1.9 6.63 19 PPM 096308 06:39:05.3 +22:01:51 6.0 1.38 18 PPM 096248 06:36:42.3 +23:05:52 6.8 0.45 17 PPM 096214 06:35:07.3 +22:51:38 10.0 0.15 17 307463 06:34:49.4 +22:59:29 13.9 17 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/02/20 22:15:28 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute