Event between (543354) 14AN55 and star GA0920:03448693 with event index number of 2257280
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/06/08 10:19:35 UTC
J2000 position of star is 10:06:55.0 +03:56:25
Equinox of date position of star is 10:08:10.8 +03:49:15
Stellar brightness G=14.9,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 164 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 50% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.0
Object is 43.9 AU from the Sun
and 44.1 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.4
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 148 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1711 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.4
Diameter=801.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 65.1 sec chord
Diameter=327.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 26.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 543354, (2026/06/08 10:23UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:46.7 +11:50:13 1.3 8.04 162 14 Sex 10:08:10.3 +05:28:54 6.2 1.67 163 PPM 156510 10:07:32.6 +03:25:03 8.5 0.43 163 PPM 156512 10:07:36.3 +03:49:00 9.6 0.17 163 543354 10:08:17.4 +03:48:37 14.9 164 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 543354, (2026/06/08 10:23UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:21.9 +11:58:02 1.3 8.04 162 14 Sex 10:06:47.4 +05:36:41 6.2 1.67 163 PPM 156510 10:06:10.3 +03:32:49 8.5 0.43 163 PPM 156512 10:06:13.8 +03:56:46 9.6 0.17 163 543354 10:06:55.0 +03:56:25 14.9 163 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/04/23 03:24:52 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute