Event between (531142) 12FL84 and star GA0680:06379963 with event index number of 2432410
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/02 05:52:14 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:39:11.0 -21:05:18
Equinox of date position of star is 15:40:36.6 -21:10:00
Stellar brightness G=14.2,
use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 147 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 35% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.3
Object is 42.8 AU from the Sun
and 43.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 13.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 459 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
5831 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.8
Diameter=263.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 19.8 sec chord
Diameter=107.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 8.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 531142, (2028/02/02 05:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:08.1 -26:29:30 0.9 12.66 135 7Del Sco 16:02:00.0 -22:41:57 2.3 5.14 142 PPM 264480 15:39:54.6 -21:06:24 5.9 0.22 148 PPM 264518 15:41:18.3 -21:06:26 8.3 0.13 147 531142 15:40:49.3 -21:10:41 14.2 147 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 531142, (2028/02/02 05:52UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 12.66 135 7Del Sco 16:00:20.0 -22:37:19 2.3 5.14 142 PPM 264480 15:38:16.4 -21:01:00 5.9 0.22 148 PPM 264518 15:39:40.1 -21:01:05 8.3 0.13 147 531142 15:39:11.0 -21:05:18 14.2 147 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:28:00 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute