Event between (470593) 08LP17 and star GA0600:33460114 with event index number of 2273511
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/05/15 02:30:02 UTC
J2000 position of star is 18:07:41.6 -28:00:47
Equinox of date position of star is 18:09:08.0 -28:00:30
Stellar brightness G=13.6,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 119 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 5% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6
TNO is 32.0 AU from the Sun
and 31.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 167 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1333 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.5 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 470593, (2026/05/15 02:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:01.7 -26:29:17 0.9 21.87 140 Nunki 18:56:53.9 -26:15:41 2.0 10.72 108 PPM 267912 18:09:45.2 -28:27:06 4.6 0.45 118 PPM 267922 18:10:05.1 -27:38:25 8.1 0.40 118 470593 18:09:21.4 -28:00:28 13.6 118 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 470593, (2026/05/15 02:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 21.87 140 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 10.72 108 PPM 267912 18:08:05.0 -28:27:26 4.6 0.45 118 PPM 267922 18:08:25.6 -27:38:46 8.1 0.40 118 470593 18:07:41.6 -28:00:47 13.6 118 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/02 02:10:07 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute