Event between (492338) 14FW and star GA0640:38041523 with event index number of 2322287
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/07/14 03:24:37 UTC
J2000 position of star is 19:45:14.7 -24:57:01
Equinox of date position of star is 19:46:43.5 -24:53:22
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 38 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 88% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 15.9 AU from the Sun
and 14.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
7.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 170 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1272 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=59.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 2.7 sec chord
Diameter=24.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 492338, (2025/07/14 03:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:03.3 -29:29:10 1.2 42.71 20 38Zet Sgr 19:04:14.0 -29:50:29 2.7 10.66 49 PPM 270116 19:41:39.1 -23:22:07 5.7 1.92 39 PPM 270252 19:47:58.1 -24:48:52 8.2 0.28 38 492338 19:46:47.4 -24:53:12 16.6 38 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 492338, (2025/07/14 03:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 42.71 20 38Zet Sgr 19:02:36.7 -29:52:49 2.7 10.66 49 PPM 270116 19:40:07.2 -23:25:45 5.7 1.92 39 PPM 270252 19:46:25.5 -24:52:42 8.2 0.28 38 492338 19:45:14.7 -24:57:01 16.6 38 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:58:45 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute