Event between (483002) 14QS441 and star GA0820:00228460 with event index number of 2317684
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/23 03:08:05 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:57:33.3 -07:49:10
Equinox of date position of star is 02:58:43.5 -07:43:30
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 71 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 44.2 AU from the Sun
and 43.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 26.0
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 71 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1695 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.4
Diameter=487.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.1 sec chord
Diameter=199.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 483002, (2024/10/23 03:08UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:15:43.9 -08:10:29 0.1 33.90 46 68Omi Cet 02:20:36.1 -02:51:58 2.0 10.67 76 8Rho1Eri 03:02:23.3 -07:34:00 6.0 0.91 70 PPM 185285 03:01:38.9 -08:02:05 8.2 0.78 70 PPM 185224 02:58:45.8 -07:26:49 9.5 0.27 71 483002 02:58:46.4 -07:43:16 16.4 70 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 483002, (2024/10/23 03:08UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Rigel 05:14:32.3 -08:12:06 0.1 33.90 46 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 10.67 76 8Rho1Eri 03:01:10.2 -07:39:49 6.0 0.91 70 PPM 185285 03:00:25.9 -08:07:55 8.2 0.78 70 PPM 185224 02:57:32.5 -07:32:43 9.5 0.27 71 483002 02:57:33.3 -07:49:10 16.4 71 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:31:50 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute