Event between (386968) 12BR61 and star GA0640:28394010 with event index number of 2227787
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/10/12 00:23:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 18:22:44.1 -25:16:16
Equinox of date position of star is 18:24:13.6 -25:15:26
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 159 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 44% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1
Object is 17.8 AU from the Sun
and 18.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 93 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
683 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.3
Diameter=82.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Diameter=33.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 386968, (2028/10/12 00:22UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:10.6 -26:29:36 0.9 25.47 134 Nunki 18:57:02.9 -26:15:29 2.0 7.39 166 PPM 268291 18:23:17.7 -24:53:58 6.0 0.45 159 PPM 268329 18:24:40.3 -25:23:16 9.4 0.14 159 386968 18:24:30.7 -25:15:16 16.2 160 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, (2028/10/12 00:22UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 25.47 134 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 7.39 166 PPM 268291 18:21:31.4 -24:54:54 6.0 0.45 159 PPM 268329 18:22:53.6 -25:24:16 9.4 0.14 159 386968 18:22:44.1 -25:16:16 16.2 159 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:46:28 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute