Event between (523784) 15BJ518 and star GA0680:06036568 with event index number of 2748698
Geocentric closest approach at 2029/04/16 20:06:25 UTC
J2000 position of star is 14:14:43.3 -20:15:03
Equinox of date position of star is 14:16:05.3 -20:21:51
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 159 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 8% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.7
Object is 18.0 AU from the Sun
and 17.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
6.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 92 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1093 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.2
Diameter=133.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 6.3 sec chord
Diameter=54.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 2.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 523784, (2029/04/16 20:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:44.4 -11:18:48 1.0 14.98 145 PPM 228564 14:18:41.3 -18:43:13 6.1 1.75 159 PPM 262655 14:15:37.4 -20:20:38 8.3 0.18 159 523784 14:16:21.5 -20:23:10 16.0 159 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 523784, (2029/04/16 20:03UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 14.98 145 PPM 228564 14:17:03.8 -18:35:09 6.1 1.75 159 PPM 262655 14:13:59.3 -20:12:29 8.3 0.18 159 523784 14:14:43.3 -20:15:03 16.0 159 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/26 21:34:37 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute