Event between (31824) Elatus and star GA0720:05670920 with event index number of 2195794
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/03/31 03:29:03 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:45:39.5 -16:50:09
Equinox of date position of star is 15:47:02.1 -16:54:36
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 168 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 23% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8
Object is 13.7 AU from the Sun
and 13.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 249 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1360 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=56.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Diameter=23.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 31824, (2028/03/31 03:28UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:08.7 -26:29:32 0.9 13.97 178 8Bet1Sco 16:07:05.1 -19:52:49 2.6 5.55 173 44Eta Lib 15:45:40.0 -15:45:38 5.4 1.22 167 PPM 230708 15:47:26.9 -17:02:14 8.0 0.12 168 31824 15:47:16.0 -16:55:21 15.9 168 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 31824, (2028/03/31 03:28UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 13.97 178 8Bet1Sco 16:05:26.2 -19:48:20 2.6 5.55 173 44Eta Lib 15:44:04.4 -15:40:24 5.4 1.22 167 PPM 230708 15:45:50.4 -16:57:03 8.0 0.12 168 31824 15:45:39.5 -16:50:09 15.9 168 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:20:31 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute