Event between (576162) 12GT41 and star GA0820:16985728 with event index number of 2522612
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/10/14 00:58:30 UTC
J2000 position of star is 18:59:07.2 -06:15:29
Equinox of date position of star is 19:00:20.6 -06:13:31
Stellar brightness G=17.0,
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 47% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.3
TNO is 17.7 AU from the Sun
and 17.8 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 15.7
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
4.4 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 105 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1767 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=73.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.7 sec chord
Diameter=30.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 576162, (2025/10/14 00:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:30:59.6 -26:29:13 0.9 40.94 135 Nunki 18:56:51.7 -26:15:44 2.0 20.06 168 Eta Sct 18:58:26.5 -05:48:39 4.8 0.66 157 PPM 202437 19:02:50.2 -06:09:15 7.9 0.58 158 PPM 202394 19:01:00.4 -06:02:07 9.6 0.22 157 576162 19:00:30.1 -06:13:15 17.0 158 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 576162, (2025/10/14 00:57UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 40.94 135 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 20.06 168 Eta Sct 18:57:03.8 -05:50:48 4.8 0.66 157 PPM 202437 19:01:27.3 -06:11:34 7.9 0.58 158 PPM 202394 18:59:37.6 -06:04:21 9.6 0.22 157 576162 18:59:07.2 -06:15:29 17.0 158 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/10/28 03:02:37 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute