Event between (560414) 15FQ345 and star GA0820:04923526 with event index number of 2348296
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/21 17:38:27 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:59:53.4 -07:52:10
Equinox of date position of star is 16:01:09.9 -07:56:06
Stellar brightness G=16.8,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 54 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 12% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.1
Object is 32.0 AU from the Sun
and 32.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 8.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 733 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2914 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.9
Diameter=244.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 29.1 sec chord
Diameter=99.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 11.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 560414, (2028/02/21 17:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:08.3 -26:29:31 0.9 19.84 43 1Del Oph 16:15:49.4 -03:45:52 2.7 5.51 53 50 Lib 16:02:19.0 -08:29:20 5.5 0.59 54 PPM 199187 16:01:53.7 -07:53:09 8.4 0.14 54 PPM 199178 16:01:24.5 -07:57:58 8.7 0.02 54 560414 16:01:24.4 -07:56:50 16.8 54 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 560414, (2028/02/21 17:40UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 19.84 43 1Del Oph 16:14:20.7 -03:41:43 2.7 5.51 53 50 Lib 16:00:47.6 -08:24:41 5.5 0.59 54 PPM 199187 16:00:22.6 -07:48:29 8.4 0.14 54 PPM 199178 15:59:53.5 -07:53:18 8.7 0.02 54 560414 15:59:53.4 -07:52:10 16.8 54 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/08/23 03:26:35 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute