Event between (599752) 10VQ11 and star GA1000:01405912 with event index number of 2728257
Geocentric closest approach at 2026/10/26 02:32:19 UTC
J2000 position of star is 06:05:20.0 +10:01:13
Equinox of date position of star is 06:06:39.4 +10:01:01
Stellar brightness G=16.1,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 62 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 100% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=21.9
Object is 41.5 AU from the Sun
and 40.9 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 542 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1649 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=5.6
Diameter=448.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 36.6 sec chord
Diameter=183.2 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 14.9 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATEXTD
Star training set for 599752, (2026/10/26 02:28UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:56:37.5 +07:24:35 0.4 3.62 60 Alhena 06:39:15.6 +16:22:27 1.9 10.13 68 PPM 121823 06:04:54.7 +11:40:41 6.0 1.73 61 PPM 121854 06:06:09.2 +10:30:23 7.9 0.52 62 PPM 121858 06:06:12.4 +10:20:43 9.3 0.36 62 PPM 121904 06:07:56.8 +10:09:00 10.9 0.31 62 599752 06:06:48.8 +10:00:59 16.1 62 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 599752, (2026/10/26 02:28UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Betelgeuse 05:55:10.3 +07:24:26 0.4 3.62 60 Alhena 06:37:42.8 +16:23:56 1.9 10.13 68 PPM 121823 06:03:24.8 +11:40:51 6.0 1.73 61 PPM 121854 06:04:40.1 +10:30:35 7.9 0.52 62 PPM 121858 06:04:43.4 +10:20:56 9.3 0.36 62 PPM 121904 06:06:28.0 +10:09:17 10.9 0.31 62 599752 06:05:20.0 +10:01:13 16.1 62 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/12/23 04:21:44 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute