Event between (523597) 02QX47 and star GA1100:00306091 with event index number of 2245834
Geocentric closest approach at 2027/01/10 11:50:15 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:47:56.3 +21:56:19
Equinox of date position of star is 02:49:20.5 +22:02:22
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 88 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 6% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.5
Object is 28.4 AU from the Sun
and 27.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 9.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 417 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4239 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.8
Diameter=104.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.4 sec chord
Diameter=42.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 523597, (2027/01/10 11:50UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:28.5 +16:33:42 0.8 26.02 111 Hamal 02:08:42.1 +23:35:21 2.0 9.52 79 32Nu Ari 02:40:21.5 +22:04:36 5.4 2.12 86 PPM 091978 02:49:00.6 +21:27:26 8.4 0.60 87 PPM 091987 02:49:49.1 +22:20:01 9.3 0.29 88 PPM 091986 02:49:46.6 +21:48:25 11.2 0.25 88 523597 02:49:29.2 +22:03:00 16.3 88 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 523597, (2027/01/10 11:50UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 26.02 111 Hamal 02:07:10.7 +23:27:41 2.0 9.52 79 32Nu Ari 02:38:49.0 +21:57:41 5.4 2.12 86 PPM 091978 02:47:28.0 +21:20:44 8.4 0.60 87 PPM 091987 02:48:16.0 +22:13:20 9.3 0.29 88 PPM 091986 02:48:13.8 +21:41:44 11.2 0.25 88 523597 02:47:56.3 +21:56:19 16.3 88 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/20 21:26:14 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute