Event between (524747) 03UJ292 and star GA1020:00372719 with event index number of 1780209
Geocentric closest approach at 2027/10/26 02:28:29 UTC
J2000 position of star is 03:53:02.2 +12:13:17
Equinox of date position of star is 03:54:23.5 +12:17:34
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 108 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 15% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.7
Object is 38.0 AU from the Sun
and 37.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 21.6
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 515 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2636 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 11.6 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 524747, (2027/10/26 02:28UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:31.2 +16:33:47 0.8 11.23 97 Menkar 03:03:44.2 +04:11:50 2.5 14.95 121 PPM 119411 03:52:48.8 +13:07:41 6.2 0.93 108 PPM 119425 03:53:57.3 +12:27:35 9.9 0.22 108 524747 03:54:34.6 +12:18:09 16.7 107 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 524747, (2027/10/26 02:28UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 11.23 97 Menkar 03:02:16.8 +04:05:21 2.5 14.95 121 PPM 119411 03:51:15.9 +13:02:45 6.2 0.93 108 PPM 119425 03:52:24.8 +12:22:42 9.9 0.22 108 524747 03:53:02.2 +12:13:17 16.7 108 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/22 21:29:08 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute