Event between (60608) 00EE173 and star GA0640:07323835 with event index number of 2249204
Geocentric closest approach at 2028/02/04 22:46:22 UTC
J2000 position of star is 15:59:15.4 -25:21:20
Equinox of date position of star is 16:00:44.1 -25:25:26
Stellar brightness G=16.4,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 177 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 62% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=23.4
Object is 29.7 AU from the Sun
and 30.0 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 15.3
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
2.5 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 330 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1407 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.5
Diameter=121.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 7.9 sec chord
Diameter=49.8 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 3.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CENTAURR
Star training set for 60608, (2028/02/04 22:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:31:08.1 -26:29:30 0.9 6.86 170 7Del Sco 16:02:00.0 -22:41:58 2.3 2.74 176 PPM 264936 16:00:16.3 -24:54:37 5.4 0.55 177 PPM 265004 16:03:08.5 -25:16:32 8.1 0.52 176 PPM 264954 16:01:09.3 -25:31:16 9.2 0.10 177 60608 16:00:57.2 -25:26:02 16.4 176 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 60608, (2028/02/04 22:46UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Antares 16:29:24.4 -26:25:56 0.9 6.86 170 7Del Sco 16:00:20.0 -22:37:19 2.3 2.74 176 PPM 264936 15:58:34.9 -24:49:54 5.4 0.55 177 PPM 265004 16:01:26.6 -25:11:55 8.1 0.52 176 PPM 264954 15:59:27.4 -25:26:35 9.2 0.10 177 60608 15:59:15.4 -25:21:20 16.4 177 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2024/06/23 21:28:02 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute