Event between (470308) 07JH43 and star GA0620:12794385 with event index number of 2219929
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/20 15:25:58 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:05:15.1 -27:21:31
Equinox of date position of star is 17:06:46.8 -27:23:26
Stellar brightness G=16.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 126 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 30% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.9
Object is 40.5 AU from the Sun
and 39.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 24.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 103 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1706 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=758.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.8 sec chord
Diameter=309.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 470308, (2025/06/20 15:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:58.4 -26:29:11 0.9 8.04 134 23Tau Sco 16:37:28.3 -28:16:00 2.8 6.55 132 PPM 266416 17:08:28.1 -26:32:43 6.3 0.92 126 PPM 266346 17:05:37.4 -27:14:57 8.0 0.31 126 PPM 266368 17:06:28.1 -27:25:00 9.1 0.09 126 470308 17:06:50.6 -27:23:30 16.9 126 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 470308, (2025/06/20 15:26UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 8.04 134 23Tau Sco 16:35:52.9 -28:12:58 2.8 6.55 132 PPM 266416 17:06:53.2 -26:30:47 6.3 0.92 126 PPM 266346 17:04:02.1 -27:12:56 8.0 0.31 126 PPM 266368 17:04:52.6 -27:23:00 9.1 0.09 126 470308 17:05:15.1 -27:21:31 16.9 126 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:55:56 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute