Event between (560552) 15GO50 and star GA0660:05747278 with event index number of 2306815
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/04/26 17:17:51 UTC
J2000 position of star is 12:53:02.0 -23:45:00
Equinox of date position of star is 12:54:20.5 -23:52:57
Stellar brightness G=14.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 166 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 2% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.3
Object is 39.3 AU from the Sun
and 38.3 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 23.9
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.1 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 112 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2455 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.3
Diameter=317.7 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.6 sec chord
Diameter=129.7 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.6 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 560552, (2025/04/26 17:17UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:26:31.8 -11:17:34 1.0 14.73 177 9Bet Crv 12:35:43.3 -23:32:11 2.6 4.29 164 PPM 261041 12:58:54.5 -22:53:24 6.0 1.44 167 PPM 260944 12:55:03.2 -23:14:46 8.5 0.66 166 PPM 260929 12:54:11.3 -23:52:03 9.6 0.05 166 560552 12:54:23.3 -23:53:14 14.7 165 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 560552, (2025/04/26 17:17UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Spica 13:25:11.5 -11:09:41 1.0 14.73 177 9Bet Crv 12:34:23.2 -23:23:49 2.6 4.29 164 PPM 261041 12:57:33.0 -22:45:13 6.0 1.44 167 PPM 260944 12:53:41.9 -23:06:33 8.5 0.66 166 PPM 260929 12:52:50.0 -23:43:50 9.6 0.05 166 560552 12:53:02.0 -23:45:00 14.7 166 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/13 03:45:56 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute