Event between (518151) 16FH13 and star GA1340:04311179 with event index number of 2426761
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/12/12 21:29:04 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:29:29.5 +44:54:22
Equinox of date position of star is 13:30:31.9 +44:46:52
Stellar brightness G=16.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 112 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 92% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.1
Object is 17.6 AU from the Sun
and 17.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 29.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
8.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 78 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2171 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=10.3
Diameter=53.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Diameter=21.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 0.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 518151, (2024/12/12 21:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:16:48.3 +19:03:19 0.0 27.46 139 Alkaid 13:48:31.3 +49:11:22 1.9 5.37 108 PPM 053514 13:23:09.2 +43:46:23 6.5 1.66 112 PPM 053612 13:33:57.7 +44:00:11 8.5 0.98 112 PPM 053589 13:31:34.8 +44:27:16 8.8 0.37 112 PPM 053580 13:30:08.2 +44:43:36 11.6 0.09 112 518151 13:30:33.5 +44:46:40 16.1 112 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 518151, (2024/12/12 21:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Arcturus 14:15:38.0 +19:10:14 0.0 27.46 139 Alkaid 13:47:32.2 +49:18:48 1.9 5.37 108 PPM 053514 13:22:03.8 +43:54:11 6.5 1.66 112 PPM 053612 13:32:53.8 +44:07:50 8.5 0.98 112 PPM 053589 13:30:30.8 +44:34:57 8.8 0.37 112 PPM 053580 13:29:04.1 +44:51:18 11.6 0.09 112 518151 13:29:29.5 +44:54:22 16.1 112 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/21 03:15:38 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute