Event between (492338) 14FW and star GA0640:37848381 with event index number of 2322317
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/09/25 06:53:23 UTC
J2000 position of star is 19:35:02.7 -25:26:44
Equinox of date position of star is 19:36:32.1 -25:23:25
Stellar brightness G=14.2,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 70 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 11% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3
Object is 16.1 AU from the Sun
and 15.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 1.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
0.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 2172 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1689 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.0
Diameter=59.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 38.4 sec chord
Diameter=24.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 492338, (2025/09/25 06:53UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:59.4 -26:29:13 0.9 41.51 29 38Zet Sgr 19:04:14.8 -29:50:28 2.7 8.44 62 52 Sgr 19:38:16.2 -24:49:29 4.6 0.68 71 PPM 270018 19:37:38.1 -25:50:33 8.4 0.51 70 PPM 270001 19:37:08.6 -25:25:38 9.6 0.13 70 492338 19:36:36.7 -25:23:14 14.2 71 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, (2025/09/25 06:53UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 41.51 29 38Zet Sgr 19:02:36.7 -29:52:49 2.7 8.44 62 52 Sgr 19:36:42.5 -24:53:01 4.6 0.68 71 PPM 270018 19:36:03.8 -25:54:05 8.4 0.51 70 PPM 270001 19:35:34.5 -25:29:08 9.6 0.13 70 492338 19:35:02.7 -25:26:44 14.2 70 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 02:54:17 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute