Event between (523622) 07TG422 and star GA1020:00835182 with event index number of 2626501
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/02/13 23:41:12 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:28:16.7 +13:43:09
Equinox of date position of star is 05:29:39.8 +13:44:16
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 154 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 13% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7
Object is 41.0 AU from the Sun
and 40.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 10.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 266 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2419 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.5
Diameter=302.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.9 sec chord
Diameter=123.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 12.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 523622, (2026/02/13 23:41UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:35.2 +07:24:35 0.4 9.14 155 Bellatrix 05:26:32.0 +06:22:16 1.6 7.41 149 PPM 121054 05:33:05.3 +14:56:48 6.4 1.45 155 PPM 120997 05:30:03.5 +13:41:55 7.5 0.08 154 523622 05:29:45.4 +13:44:20 16.0 154 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 523622, (2026/02/13 23:41UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 9.14 155 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 7.41 149 PPM 121054 05:31:35.7 +14:55:45 6.4 1.45 155 PPM 120997 05:28:34.7 +13:40:45 7.5 0.08 154 523622 05:28:16.7 +13:43:09 16.0 154 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:25:19 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute