Event between (385191) 97RT5 and star GA0900:00121496 with event index number of 2460256
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/14 12:37:23 UTC
J2000 position of star is 01:25:46.5 +01:05:30
Equinox of date position of star is 01:26:57.1 +01:12:36
Stellar brightness G=16.5,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 79 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 90% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.5
TNO is 42.3 AU from the Sun
and 42.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 385 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2505 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=235.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.6 sec chord
Diameter=96.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 385191, (2025/06/14 12:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:03.0 -29:29:12 1.2 46.81 36 68Omi Cet 02:20:38.1 -02:51:47 2.0 13.99 90 42 Cet 01:21:06.5 -00:22:33 6.5 2.19 77 PPM 144592 01:26:38.9 +01:35:32 8.0 0.38 79 PPM 144608 01:27:34.8 +01:23:12 10.8 0.21 79 385191 01:27:05.1 +01:13:24 16.5 79 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 385191, (2025/06/14 12:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 46.81 36 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 13.99 90 42 Cet 01:19:48.4 -00:30:32 6.5 2.19 77 PPM 144592 01:25:20.3 +01:27:37 8.0 0.38 79 PPM 144608 01:26:16.3 +01:15:18 10.8 0.21 79 385191 01:25:46.5 +01:05:30 16.5 79 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/14 02:43:15 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute