Event between (576162) 12GT41 and star GA0780:21040046 with event index number of 2523530
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/11/07 15:35:06 UTC
J2000 position of star is 20:00:44.5 -11:05:25
Equinox of date position of star is 20:02:00.1 -11:01:33
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 165 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 74% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=22.6
TNO is 19.0 AU from the Sun
and 19.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 17.1
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 279 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2499 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=9.5
Diameter=73.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 4.4 sec chord
Diameter=30.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 1.8 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 576162, (2028/11/07 15:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:14.1 -29:28:06 1.2 45.06 130 Nunki 18:57:03.1 -26:15:29 2.0 21.67 174 PPM 203530 20:01:21.5 -09:52:49 5.7 1.15 164 PPM 236802 20:02:18.8 -11:23:58 8.5 0.39 165 PPM 236809 20:02:39.7 -11:06:12 9.4 0.12 165 576162 20:02:19.7 -11:00:32 16.2 164 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 576162, (2028/11/07 15:32UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 45.06 130 Nunki 18:55:15.9 -26:17:49 2.0 21.67 174 PPM 203530 19:59:46.9 -09:57:39 5.7 1.15 164 PPM 236802 20:00:43.3 -11:28:50 8.5 0.39 165 PPM 236809 20:01:04.4 -11:11:05 9.4 0.12 165 576162 20:00:44.5 -11:05:25 16.2 165 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/06 03:18:36 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute