Event between (525815) 05SD278 and star GA0940:00488851 with event index number of 2116809
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/01/08 21:58:33 UTC
J2000 position of star is 04:46:04.6 +04:14:34
Equinox of date position of star is 04:47:20.3 +04:17:04
Stellar brightness G=15.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 107 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 67% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.9
Object is 44.8 AU from the Sun
and 44.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 20.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 186 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1724 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=346.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 16.5 sec chord
Diameter=141.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 6.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 525815, (2026/01/08 21:58UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:25.0 +16:33:35 0.8 12.52 109 Bellatrix 05:26:31.7 +06:22:16 1.6 9.95 97 PPM 147967 04:48:41.3 +05:49:59 6.4 1.58 107 PPM 147931 04:47:18.8 +04:24:20 8.0 0.12 107 525815 04:47:27.1 +04:17:18 15.9 106 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 525815, (2026/01/08 21:58UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 12.52 109 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 9.95 97 PPM 147967 04:47:17.9 +05:47:17 6.4 1.58 107 PPM 147931 04:45:56.2 +04:21:36 8.0 0.12 107 525815 04:46:04.6 +04:14:34 15.9 107 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/11/16 03:52:21 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute