Event between (470308) 07JH43 and star GA0620:15084528 with event index number of 2220283
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/05/15 01:30:53 UTC
J2000 position of star is 17:14:29.8 -27:54:39
Equinox of date position of star is 17:16:02.1 -27:56:14
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 130 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 5% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.9
Object is 40.5 AU from the Sun
and 39.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.8 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 134 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1784 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.8
Diameter=758.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.7 sec chord
Diameter=309.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 470308, (2026/05/15 01:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:01.7 -26:29:17 0.9 10.13 140 26Eps Sco 16:51:52.8 -34:20:18 2.3 8.24 134 PPM 266626 17:17:51.0 -26:34:49 6.5 1.41 129 PPM 266588 17:15:41.3 -27:49:31 7.0 0.15 130 470308 17:16:09.2 -27:56:22 16.6 129 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, (2026/05/15 01:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 10.13 140 26Eps Sco 16:50:08.8 -34:17:41 2.3 8.24 134 PPM 266626 17:16:12.6 -26:33:11 6.5 1.41 129 PPM 266588 17:14:02.0 -27:47:48 7.0 0.15 130 470308 17:14:29.8 -27:54:39 16.6 130 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:26:45 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute