Event between (535020) 14WG509 and star GA0960:00678643 with event index number of 2262000
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/18 10:12:08 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:15:10.3 +06:07:07
Equinox of date position of star is 05:16:27.4 +06:08:39
Stellar brightness G=15.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 158 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 39% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.4
Object is 44.5 AU from the Sun
and 44.2 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 11.1
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 252 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
4454 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.8
Diameter=403.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 37.0 sec chord
Diameter=164.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 15.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 535020, (2028/02/18 10:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:41.7 +07:24:36 0.4 10.01 154 Bellatrix 05:26:38.5 +06:22:22 1.6 2.49 157 PPM 148872 05:25:01.0 +05:20:50 6.2 2.22 157 PPM 148622 05:15:02.2 +05:47:56 8.5 0.54 158 PPM 148672 05:16:47.9 +06:12:08 9.3 0.06 158 535020 05:16:40.8 +06:08:55 15.2 158 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 535020, (2028/02/18 10:10UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 10.01 154 Bellatrix 05:25:07.8 +06:20:58 1.6 2.49 157 PPM 148872 05:23:31.0 +05:19:23 6.2 2.22 157 PPM 148622 05:13:31.9 +05:46:05 8.5 0.54 158 PPM 148672 05:15:17.3 +06:10:21 9.3 0.06 158 535020 05:15:10.3 +06:07:07 15.2 158 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/18 04:32:42 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute