Event between (523646) 10VL201 and star GA1080:00648744 with event index number of 2381742
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/03/30 12:49:26 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:42:12.4 +19:23:57
Equinox of date position of star is 04:43:37.2 +19:26:36
Stellar brightness G=15.6,
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 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.5
Object is 34.9 AU from the Sun
and 35.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 18.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.6 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 99 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1352 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.9
Diameter=389.1 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.4 sec chord
Diameter=158.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 4:3E
Star training set for 523646, (2026/03/30 12:47UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:25.8 +16:33:36 0.8 3.25 90 Alnath 05:27:57.2 +28:37:38 1.6 13.63 77 PPM 093646 04:39:48.9 +20:44:07 5.9 1.58 89 PPM 120096 04:40:02.9 +18:47:03 8.4 1.10 89 PPM 120171 04:44:25.3 +19:47:46 9.9 0.38 88 PPM 120147 04:43:08.1 +19:38:28 10.6 0.24 88 523646 04:43:44.8 +19:26:50 15.6 87 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 523646, (2026/03/30 12:47UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 3.25 90 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:23 1.6 13.63 77 PPM 093646 04:38:15.8 +20:41:05 5.9 1.58 89 PPM 120096 04:38:31.0 +18:44:01 8.4 1.10 89 PPM 120171 04:42:52.7 +19:44:54 9.9 0.38 88 PPM 120147 04:41:35.6 +19:35:33 10.6 0.24 88 523646 04:42:12.4 +19:23:57 15.6 88 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/29 04:29:38 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute