Event between (342842) 08YB3 and star GA1180:09197226 with event index number of 2204490
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/10 10:09:30 UTC
J2000 position of star is 19:41:05.8 +28:34:01
Equinox of date position of star is 19:42:04.2 +28:37:28
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 104 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 85% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.8
Object is 15.9 AU from the Sun
and 15.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 28.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
9.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 62 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
629 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=82.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Diameter=33.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 342842, (2025/10/10 10:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Vega 18:37:48.6 +38:48:31 0.0 16.77 106 37Gam Cyg 20:23:09.3 +40:20:25 2.2 14.42 90 PPM 109352 19:38:11.2 +29:23:35 6.1 1.15 104 PPM 109509 19:42:21.8 +29:12:22 8.5 0.58 104 PPM 109470 19:41:23.5 +28:41:54 9.5 0.18 104 342842 19:42:08.1 +28:37:42 16.0 104 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 342842, (2025/10/10 10:12UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Vega 18:36:56.7 +38:47:07 0.0 16.77 106 37Gam Cyg 20:22:13.7 +40:15:24 2.2 14.42 90 PPM 109352 19:37:09.6 +29:20:02 6.1 1.15 104 PPM 109509 19:41:19.9 +29:08:40 8.5 0.58 104 PPM 109470 19:40:21.3 +28:38:14 9.5 0.18 104 342842 19:41:05.8 +28:34:01 16.0 104 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/03 05:55:58 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute