Event between (506439) 00YB2 and star GA1100:02162957 with event index number of 2258517
Geocentric closest approach at 2027/12/03 16:37:28 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:31:32.7 +20:47:00
Equinox of date position of star is 06:33:00.2 +20:45:51
Stellar brightness G=14.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 143 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 27% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1
Object is 39.2 AU from the Sun
and 38.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 969 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3526 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=275.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.1 sec chord
Diameter=112.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
Star training set for 506439, (2027/12/03 16:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:41.1 +07:24:35 0.4 16.01 133 Alhena 06:39:19.5 +16:22:23 1.9 4.62 145 18Nu Gem 06:30:37.2 +20:11:31 4.1 0.83 143 PPM 096088 06:32:20.3 +20:24:01 8.5 0.41 143 PPM 096127 06:34:20.4 +20:51:52 9.4 0.28 144 PPM 096111 06:33:27.8 +20:33:39 10.6 0.21 144 506439 06:33:12.5 +20:45:41 14.9 144 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 506439, (2027/12/03 16:37UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 16.01 133 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:57 1.9 4.62 145 18Nu Gem 06:28:57.8 +20:12:43 4.1 0.83 143 PPM 096088 06:30:40.7 +20:25:18 8.5 0.41 143 PPM 096127 06:32:40.4 +20:53:13 9.4 0.28 144 PPM 096111 06:31:48.1 +20:34:59 10.6 0.21 144 506439 06:31:32.7 +20:47:00 14.9 143 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:22 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute