Event between (527603) 07VJ305 and star GA1100:00292778 with event index number of 2136804
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/03/03 10:24:09 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:40:58.3 +20:08:40
Equinox of date position of star is 02:42:13.0 +20:14:17
Stellar brightness G=13.0,
use SENSEUP=32 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 500 milli-seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 118 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 40.0 AU from the Sun
and 40.5 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 19.8
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 153 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2281 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=251.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 12.7 sec chord
Diameter=102.6 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 527603, (2026/03/03 10:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:25.5 +16:33:36 0.8 27.49 92 Hamal 02:08:39.2 +23:35:06 2.0 8.51 124 34Mu Ari 02:43:50.8 +20:07:18 5.7 0.35 118 PPM 091920 02:44:30.0 +20:20:26 8.2 0.49 118 PPM 091892 02:42:10.5 +20:17:33 9.5 0.07 118 527603 02:42:27.1 +20:15:20 13.0 118 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 527603, (2026/03/03 10:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 27.49 92 Hamal 02:07:10.7 +23:27:41 2.0 8.51 124 34Mu Ari 02:42:22.0 +20:00:41 5.7 0.35 118 PPM 091920 02:43:01.1 +20:13:50 8.2 0.49 118 PPM 091892 02:40:41.7 +20:10:53 9.5 0.07 118 527603 02:40:58.3 +20:08:40 13.0 118 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/01/10 23:58:47 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute