Event between (459865) 13XZ8 and star GA0720:23982739 with event index number of 2286286
Geocentric closest approach at 2027/08/06 12:44:12 UTC
J2000 position of star is 18:31:57.1 -16:59:15
Equinox of date position of star is 18:33:22.2 -16:58:05
Stellar brightness G=15.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 88 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 23% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.2
Object is 11.3 AU from the Sun
and 10.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
7.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
603 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=70.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 5.0 sec chord
Diameter=28.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 459865, (2027/08/06 12:50UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:06.3 -26:29:27 0.9 29.90 59 Nunki 18:56:58.5 -26:15:35 2.0 10.77 92 PPM 234652 18:33:03.3 -18:22:52 5.0 1.42 87 PPM 234690 18:34:37.8 -16:32:15 7.3 0.50 88 PPM 234658 18:33:20.6 -16:56:14 10.0 0.06 88 459865 18:33:33.1 -16:57:56 15.2 88 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 459865, (2027/08/06 12:50UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 29.90 59 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 10.77 92 PPM 234652 18:31:26.3 -18:24:10 5.0 1.42 87 PPM 234690 18:33:02.1 -16:33:37 7.3 0.50 88 PPM 234658 18:31:44.6 -16:57:32 10.0 0.06 88 459865 18:31:57.1 -16:59:15 15.2 88 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:27:57 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute