Event between (555632) 14BZ57 and star GA0740:04463225 with event index number of 2471099
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/25 01:29:48 UTC
J2000 position of star is 09:56:50.4 -14:07:43
Equinox of date position of star is 09:58:00.6 -14:14:40
Stellar brightness G=14.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 149 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 11% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=20.7
Object is 37.1 AU from the Sun
and 36.6 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 14.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.0 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 108 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1666 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=4.9
Diameter=608.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 42.7 sec chord
Diameter=248.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 17.4 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 555632, (2025/04/25 01:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:09:43.1 +11:50:33 1.3 26.25 153 Alphard 09:28:49.9 -08:46:10 2.0 9.01 144 39Ups1Hya 09:52:41.8 -14:57:59 4.3 1.48 147 PPM 222232 09:58:01.9 -14:30:43 8.4 0.26 149 PPM 222246 09:58:33.2 -14:13:09 9.4 0.12 149 555632 09:58:03.8 -14:14:59 14.8 149 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 555632, (2025/04/25 01:27UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Regulus 10:08:21.9 +11:58:02 1.3 26.25 153 Alphard 09:27:35.2 -08:39:30 2.0 9.01 144 39Ups1Hya 09:51:28.7 -14:50:49 4.3 1.48 147 PPM 222232 09:56:48.5 -14:23:27 8.4 0.26 149 PPM 222246 09:57:19.7 -14:05:52 9.4 0.12 149 555632 09:56:50.4 -14:07:43 14.8 149 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/03/19 03:38:30 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute