Event between (427507) 02DH5 and star GA0880:05454556 with event index number of 2433736
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/21 18:43:13 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:20:07.9 -00:13:00
Equinox of date position of star is 17:21:23.2 -00:14:24
Stellar brightness G=14.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 82 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 49% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=24.3
Object is 25.6 AU from the Sun
and 24.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 657 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2962 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.2
Diameter=57.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.3 sec chord
Diameter=23.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 427507, (2026/06/21 18:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:02.1 -26:29:18 0.9 28.92 71 60Bet Oph 17:44:46.9 +04:33:29 2.8 7.54 88 PPM 163749 17:17:52.4 +01:10:59 5.9 1.69 81 PPM 180031 17:19:36.7 -00:47:28 8.5 0.72 82 PPM 180037 17:21:21.6 -00:21:04 9.2 0.11 82 PPM 180040 17:21:52.5 -00:11:28 10.5 0.11 82 427507 17:21:29.4 -00:14:30 14.6 82 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 427507, (2026/06/21 18:43UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 28.92 71 60Bet Oph 17:43:28.3 +04:34:06 2.8 7.54 88 PPM 163749 17:16:31.7 +01:12:38 5.9 1.69 81 PPM 180031 17:18:14.8 -00:45:54 8.5 0.72 82 PPM 180037 17:20:00.0 -00:19:33 9.2 0.11 82 PPM 180040 17:20:31.0 -00:09:58 10.5 0.11 82 427507 17:20:07.9 -00:13:00 14.6 82 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/19 21:29:31 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute