Event between (602572) 14MD70 and star GA0780:23754799 with event index number of 2733533
Geocentric closest approach at 2024/10/06 02:15:26 UTC
J2000 position of star is 23:56:05.7 -11:28:26
Equinox of date position of star is 23:57:19.0 -11:20:29
Stellar brightness G=16.0,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 124 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 10% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.8
Object is 36.8 AU from the Sun
and 35.9 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 22.7
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 113 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2014 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.1
Diameter=233.4 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.3 sec chord
Diameter=95.3 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is SCATNEAR
Star training set for 602572, (2024/10/06 02:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:59:00.8 -29:29:25 1.2 22.68 102 Diphda 00:44:49.8 -17:51:04 2.0 13.20 128 PPM 208022 23:51:31.3 -09:50:09 5.9 2.08 123 PPM 242350 23:59:32.2 -11:19:15 8.2 0.53 124 PPM 242301 23:56:45.9 -11:15:26 9.4 0.17 124 602572 23:57:22.0 -11:20:10 16.0 124 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 602572, (2024/10/06 02:18UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Fomalhaut 22:57:39.6 -29:37:24 1.2 22.68 102 Diphda 00:43:35.7 -17:59:11 2.0 13.20 128 PPM 208022 23:50:14.9 -09:58:25 5.9 2.08 123 PPM 242350 23:58:16.0 -11:27:32 8.2 0.53 124 PPM 242301 23:55:29.7 -11:23:42 9.4 0.17 124 602572 23:56:05.7 -11:28:26 16.0 124 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2023/10/24 02:31:44 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute