Event between (523642) 10SS43 and star GA1300:00400443 with event index number of 2382854
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/08 15:34:32 UTC
J2000 position of star is 01:22:15.4 +40:46:42
Equinox of date position of star is 01:23:35.1 +40:53:50
Stellar brightness G=16.6,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 131 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 29% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=21.6
TNO is 38.2 AU from the Sun
and 37.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 24.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 80 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1944 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.7
Diameter=424.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 17.8 sec chord
Diameter=173.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 7.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 523642, (2024/10/08 15:35UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:20.7 +16:33:26 0.8 48.13 165 57Gam1And 02:05:25.9 +42:26:51 2.3 7.94 139 PPM 044004 01:28:53.7 +41:13:45 6.5 1.03 132 PPM 043969 01:26:57.5 +41:28:50 8.1 0.84 132 PPM 043933 01:24:39.3 +40:44:21 9.3 0.25 131 PPM 043923 01:24:03.8 +41:03:22 10.7 0.16 131 523642 01:23:41.7 +40:54:26 16.6 131 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 523642, (2024/10/08 15:35UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 48.13 165 57Gam1And 02:03:54.1 +42:19:46 2.3 7.94 139 PPM 044004 01:27:26.7 +41:06:04 6.5 1.03 132 PPM 043969 01:25:30.6 +41:21:08 8.1 0.84 132 PPM 043933 01:23:12.9 +40:36:38 9.3 0.25 131 PPM 043923 01:22:37.4 +40:55:38 10.7 0.16 131 523642 01:22:15.4 +40:46:42 16.6 131 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/11/13 03:43:53 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute