Event between (523693) 14FT71 and star GA0620:06364375 with event index number of 2384192
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/05/08 21:39:00 UTC
J2000 position of star is 13:02:34.7 -27:11:25
Equinox of date position of star is 13:03:54.6 -27:19:17
Stellar brightness G=16.3,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 101 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 60% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.6
Object is 46.8 AU from the Sun
and 45.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 127 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3011 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.9
Diameter=602.6 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 26.9 sec chord
Diameter=246.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.0 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 523693, (2026/05/08 21:38UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:35.1 -11:17:53 1.0 16.89 103 9Bet Crv 12:35:46.6 -23:32:31 2.6 7.41 108 PPM 261317 13:13:05.6 -26:41:28 6.5 2.12 99 PPM 261117 13:02:51.4 -27:31:02 8.2 0.32 101 PPM 261136 13:04:09.1 -27:09:06 8.6 0.18 101 523693 13:04:00.7 -27:19:53 16.3 100 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 523693, (2026/05/08 21:38UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 16.89 103 9Bet Crv 12:34:23.2 -23:23:50 2.6 7.41 108 PPM 261317 13:11:39.1 -26:33:06 6.5 2.12 99 PPM 261117 13:01:25.5 -27:22:33 8.2 0.32 101 PPM 261136 13:02:43.2 -27:00:38 8.6 0.18 101 523693 13:02:34.7 -27:11:25 16.3 101 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/18 21:26:38 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute