Event between (445473) 10VZ98 and star GA1060:00498324 with event index number of 2245552
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/01/08 15:28:45 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:18:04.4 +17:45:38
Equinox of date position of star is 04:19:28.2 +17:49:06
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 110 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 70% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.4
Object is 34.4 AU from the Sun
and 33.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 102 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1259 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.0
Diameter=586.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.7 sec chord
Diameter=239.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 445473, (2026/01/08 15:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:25.0 +16:33:35 0.8 4.44 105 44Zet Per 03:55:46.5 +31:57:31 2.8 15.12 112 PPM 119803 04:21:56.0 +18:48:11 6.4 1.13 109 PPM 119783 04:20:38.1 +17:35:09 8.3 0.35 109 PPM 119776 04:20:08.8 +17:54:11 9.4 0.16 109 445473 04:19:34.5 +17:49:21 16.6 109 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 445473, (2026/01/08 15:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 4.44 105 44Zet Per 03:54:07.9 +31:53:01 2.8 15.12 112 PPM 119803 04:20:25.3 +18:44:33 6.4 1.13 109 PPM 119783 04:19:08.2 +17:31:29 8.3 0.35 109 PPM 119776 04:18:38.6 +17:50:30 9.4 0.16 109 445473 04:18:04.4 +17:45:38 16.6 110 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 03:40:56 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute