Event between (463368) 12VU85 and star GA1020:02677204 with event index number of 2279356
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/04/23 07:52:21 UTC
J2000 position of star is 07:11:51.4 +13:05:09
Equinox of date position of star is 07:13:13.9 +13:02:36
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 14 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 41% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0
Object is 21.8 AU from the Sun
and 22.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 772 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4133 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.3
Diameter=208.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 14.5 sec chord
Diameter=85.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 463368, (2026/04/23 07:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:46:55.5 +27:57:38 1.1 16.85 3 Alhena 06:39:13.9 +16:22:28 1.9 8.89 17 PPM 123740 07:16:00.6 +12:04:06 5.6 1.17 14 PPM 123642 07:11:58.5 +13:19:19 8.3 0.43 14 PPM 123665 07:12:47.5 +13:19:04 8.7 0.31 14 463368 07:13:20.1 +13:02:25 16.2 14 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 463368, (2026/04/23 07:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Pollux 07:45:17.9 +28:01:33 1.1 16.85 3 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 8.89 17 PPM 123740 07:14:32.5 +12:06:56 5.6 1.17 14 PPM 123642 07:10:29.7 +13:22:00 8.3 0.43 14 PPM 123665 07:11:18.7 +13:21:47 8.7 0.31 14 463368 07:11:51.4 +13:05:09 16.2 14 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:26:19 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute