Event between (578993) 14JP80 and star GA0760:24076456 with event index number of 2556429
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/06/14 00:14:57 UTC
J2000 position of star is 21:17:24.9 -12:15:26
Equinox of date position of star is 21:18:42.6 -12:09:23
Stellar brightness G=16.7,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 25 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 93% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.4
Object is 42.0 AU from the Sun
and 41.4 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 12.4
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
1.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 143 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1535 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.1
Diameter=570.2 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 46.7 sec chord
Diameter=232.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 19.1 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 578993, (2025/06/14 00:14UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:03.0 -29:29:12 1.2 29.02 42 13Nu Aqr 21:10:58.6 -11:16:02 4.5 2.11 24 PPM 238650 21:19:53.2 -12:09:26 8.2 0.27 25 578993 21:18:47.9 -12:08:58 16.7 25 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 578993, (2025/06/14 00:14UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 29.02 42 13Nu Aqr 21:09:35.8 -11:22:18 4.5 2.11 24 PPM 238650 21:18:30.2 -12:15:55 8.2 0.27 25 578993 21:17:24.9 -12:15:26 16.7 25 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:41:35 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute