Event between (531016) 12BZ154 and star GA0940:03331235 with event index number of 2444527
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/11/03 16:25:58 UTC
J2000 position of star is 08:58:01.8 +04:56:16
Equinox of date position of star is 08:59:12.0 +04:51:02
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 109 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 4% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.1
TNO is 38.2 AU from the Sun
and 38.3 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 10.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 318 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
3813 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=230.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 21.0 sec chord
Diameter=94.0 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 531016, (2024/11/03 16:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:41.6 +11:50:41 1.3 18.75 96 Alphard 09:28:48.5 -08:46:03 2.0 15.46 96 16Zet Hya 08:56:42.3 +05:50:58 3.1 1.20 110 PPM 155224 08:57:55.2 +04:08:24 7.6 0.78 109 PPM 155218 08:57:40.1 +04:50:36 9.0 0.42 109 PPM 155259 08:59:31.3 +04:30:31 11.5 0.33 108 531016 08:59:20.2 +04:50:26 16.2 108 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 531016, (2024/11/03 16:25UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:21.9 +11:58:02 1.3 18.75 96 Alphard 09:27:35.2 -08:39:30 2.0 15.46 96 16Zet Hya 08:55:23.5 +05:56:44 3.1 1.20 110 PPM 155224 08:56:37.0 +04:14:12 7.6 0.78 109 PPM 155218 08:56:21.7 +04:56:24 9.0 0.42 109 PPM 155259 08:58:13.0 +04:36:22 11.5 0.33 108 531016 08:58:01.8 +04:56:16 16.2 109 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/03/30 23:15:50 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute