Event between (523640) 10RO64 and star GA0940:00189720 with event index number of 2626186
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/22 00:50:22 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:13:21.1 +04:24:15
Equinox of date position of star is 02:14:36.6 +04:30:58
Stellar brightness G=15.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 57 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 81% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.2
Object is 41.4 AU from the Sun
and 40.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 70 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1652 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=539.5 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.7 sec chord
Diameter=220.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 523640, (2026/10/22 00:49UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:27.7 +16:33:40 0.8 36.99 93 68Omi Cet 02:20:42.2 -02:51:25 2.0 7.53 57 PPM 145462 02:19:25.1 +01:52:58 5.6 2.89 57 PPM 145391 02:14:26.4 +04:24:38 8.5 0.14 57 523640 02:14:45.1 +04:31:43 15.7 57 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 523640, (2026/10/22 00:49UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 36.99 93 68Omi Cet 02:19:20.8 -02:58:45 2.0 7.53 57 PPM 145462 02:18:02.0 +01:45:36 5.6 2.89 57 PPM 145391 02:13:02.5 +04:17:10 8.5 0.14 57 523640 02:13:21.1 +04:24:15 15.7 57 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/30 03:23:39 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute