Event between (49036) Pelion and star GA1040:00566002 with event index number of 2318087
Geocentric closest approach at 2027/11/20 21:15:02 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:43:14.8 +14:03:14
Equinox of date position of star is 04:44:37.8 +14:05:53
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 75 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 52% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.9
Object is 22.2 AU from the Sun
and 21.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
5.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 389 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2796 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.4
Diameter=50.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.2 sec chord
Diameter=20.5 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 49036, (2027/11/20 21:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:31.4 +16:33:48 0.8 3.02 76 Bellatrix 05:26:37.7 +06:22:21 1.6 12.86 66 90 Tau 04:39:43.1 +12:33:52 4.3 1.98 76 PPM 120154 04:43:39.4 +14:22:39 8.5 0.39 75 PPM 120160 04:43:51.9 +14:01:25 11.2 0.25 75 49036 04:44:49.4 +14:06:15 15.6 75 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 49036, (2027/11/20 21:15UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 3.02 76 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 12.86 66 90 Tau 04:38:09.6 +12:30:39 4.3 1.98 76 PPM 120154 04:42:04.7 +14:19:34 8.5 0.39 75 PPM 120160 04:42:17.4 +13:58:21 11.2 0.25 75 49036 04:43:14.8 +14:03:14 15.6 75 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:20 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute