Event between (44594) 99OX3 and star GA1120:00773806 with event index number of 2291571
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/08/26 17:18:53 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:45:33.3 +22:45:55
Equinox of date position of star is 04:47:00.5 +22:48:28
Stellar brightness G=13.7,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 166 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 46% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.0
Object is 18.2 AU from the Sun
and 18.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 184 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
695 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=231.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 18.6 sec chord
Diameter=94.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 44594, (2028/08/26 17:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:34.1 +16:33:53 0.8 6.65 166 3Iot Aur 04:58:51.9 +33:12:31 2.7 10.70 162 PPM 093742 04:47:26.5 +23:40:42 6.1 0.86 166 PPM 093726 04:45:37.4 +22:59:45 7.0 0.42 167 PPM 093743 04:47:31.5 +22:58:24 11.5 0.17 166 44594 04:47:16.7 +22:48:56 13.7 166 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 44594, (2028/08/26 17:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 6.65 166 3Iot Aur 04:56:59.6 +33:09:58 2.7 10.70 162 PPM 093742 04:45:42.5 +23:37:41 6.1 0.86 166 PPM 093726 04:43:54.0 +22:56:40 7.0 0.42 167 PPM 093743 04:45:48.0 +22:55:23 11.5 0.17 166 44594 04:45:33.3 +22:45:55 13.7 166 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/07 04:41:27 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute