Event between (523731) 14OK394 and star GA1080:00619656 with event index number of 2373299
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/08/17 06:48:20 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:37:26.5 +18:30:25
Equinox of date position of star is 04:38:50.4 +18:33:14
Stellar brightness G=15.8,
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 23% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1
Object is 37.4 AU from the Sun
and 37.7 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.7 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 299 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1573 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=332.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 25.8 sec chord
Diameter=135.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 10.5 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
Star training set for 523731, (2026/08/17 06:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:27.1 +16:33:39 0.8 2.03 131 Alnath 05:27:58.6 +28:37:39 1.6 15.06 120 PPM 120015 04:35:05.6 +18:04:15 6.3 1.05 132 PPM 120081 04:38:47.8 +18:35:41 7.8 0.06 131 523731 04:38:59.5 +18:33:32 15.8 131 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 523731, (2026/08/17 06:34UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 2.03 131 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:23 1.6 15.06 120 PPM 120015 04:33:33.0 +18:01:00 6.3 1.05 132 PPM 120081 04:37:14.8 +18:32:34 7.8 0.06 131 523731 04:37:26.5 +18:30:25 15.8 131 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/01/09 04:29:27 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute