Event between (612048) 96TS66 and star GA1160:01325614 with event index number of 2803939
Geocentric closest approach at 2025/12/15 17:33:18 UTC
J2000 position of star is 05:25:53.3 +26:14:05
Equinox of date position of star is 05:27:18.9 +26:15:12
Stellar brightness G=16.2,
use SENSEUP=128 with the MallinCam and and exposure
time of 2 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 135 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 16% illuminated.
Apparent brightness V=22.0
Object is 38.5 AU from the Sun
and 37.5 AU from the Earth.
Apparent velocity is 25.2
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
3.3 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 193 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
1659 km.
The object has an absolute magnitude Hv=6.2
Diameter=350.0 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 13.9 sec chord
Diameter=142.9 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 5.7 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 5:3EE
Star training set for 612048, (2025/12/15 17:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:24.8 +16:33:34 0.8 15.15 146 Alnath 05:27:56.1 +28:37:37 1.6 2.37 134 PPM 094294 05:22:37.3 +27:58:51 6.3 2.04 136 PPM 094373 05:28:39.2 +27:37:48 8.4 1.40 134 PPM 094374 05:28:44.5 +26:36:15 9.5 0.45 134 PPM 094382 05:29:22.4 +26:09:30 11.1 0.43 134 612048 05:27:30.0 +26:15:20 16.2 134 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 612048, (2025/12/15 17:31UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:29 0.8 15.15 146 Alnath 05:26:17.6 +28:36:23 1.6 2.37 134 PPM 094294 05:20:59.3 +27:57:25 6.3 2.04 136 PPM 094373 05:27:01.4 +27:36:35 8.4 1.40 134 PPM 094374 05:27:07.5 +26:35:03 9.5 0.45 134 PPM 094382 05:27:45.7 +26:08:19 11.1 0.43 134 612048 05:25:53.3 +26:14:05 16.2 134 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2022/12/25 03:20:04 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute