Event between (469372) 01QF298 and star GA0840:00104374 with event index number of 1842061
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/01/30 10:25:13 UTC
J2000 position of star is 01:17:09.2 -05:17:17
Equinox of date position of star is 01:18:21.8 -05:09:45
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 30 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 12% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 43.7 AU from the Sun
and 44.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 16.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 113 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1932 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.3
Diameter=508.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 31.1 sec chord
Diameter=207.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 469372, (2028/01/30 10:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:11.6 -29:28:21 1.2 40.91 30 Diphda 00:44:59.7 -17:49:59 2.0 15.11 27 PPM 183398 01:25:45.3 -06:46:09 5.9 2.42 32 PPM 183231 01:17:33.8 -04:48:12 8.4 0.42 29 PPM 183246 01:18:18.3 -05:05:15 9.6 0.09 29 469372 01:18:34.4 -05:08:26 16.3 30 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 469372, (2028/01/30 10:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 40.91 30 Diphda 00:43:35.7 -17:59:11 2.0 15.11 27 PPM 183398 01:24:20.6 -06:54:53 5.9 2.42 32 PPM 183231 01:16:08.5 -04:57:04 8.4 0.42 29 PPM 183246 01:16:53.1 -05:14:05 9.6 0.09 29 469372 01:17:09.2 -05:17:17 16.3 29 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/29 04:20:23 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute