Event between (386968) 12BR61 and star GA0640:14876065 with event index number of 2212836
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/05/04 16:39:32 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:24:28.5 -24:57:30
Equinox of date position of star is 17:25:57.7 -24:58:43
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 126 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 51% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.3
Object is 15.4 AU from the Sun
and 14.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
5.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 53 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
533 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=82.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.4 sec chord
Diameter=33.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 386968, (2025/05/04 16:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:57.9 -26:29:10 0.9 12.49 114 35Eta Oph 17:11:50.0 -15:45:16 2.6 9.81 121 PPM 266746 17:23:15.0 -24:55:46 6.5 0.63 126 PPM 266794 17:24:43.3 -25:07:11 7.6 0.33 126 PPM 266816 17:25:48.9 -24:58:40 9.6 0.05 126 386968 17:26:02.0 -24:58:46 16.9 127 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 386968, (2025/05/04 16:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 12.49 114 35Eta Oph 17:10:22.7 -15:43:29 2.6 9.81 121 PPM 266746 17:21:41.5 -24:54:23 6.5 0.63 126 PPM 266794 17:23:09.7 -25:05:51 7.6 0.33 126 PPM 266816 17:24:15.4 -24:57:22 9.6 0.05 126 386968 17:24:28.5 -24:57:30 16.9 126 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/04 05:32:12 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute